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This Skinny BLT salad is everything we love about a BLT minus the carbs which makes this the healthy version :), although we’ve been known to add croutons ;).
You’re going to love the super easy, creamy dressing. In all honesty whenever there’s bacon in a recipe, it overshadows everything else in the bowl for me. I often scoot a small stash of bacon to the corner of my bowl (because bowls have corners) and save it for the last bite.
Back to the salad. It’s based on Gina Homolka’s recipe from The SkinnyTaste Cookbook. The first time I thumbed through her book, I new I had to own it. I also bought extra copies for my readers because I knew you’d love it too! Read on to enter the giveaway!
Ingredients for Skinny BLT Salad:
12 slices lean center-cut bacon (or 6-8 thick slices)
3-4 Roma tomatoes, chopped
1/4 cup light mayonnaise (p.s. it tastes great with real mayo too!)
1/8 tsp salt
pinch of freshly ground black pepper
2 medium or 1 large head of romaine (6 cups chopped)
1 medium Hass avocado, chopped
How to Make Skinny Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Salad:
1. Put bacon in a large non-stick skillet and saute over low heat, turning often, until crisp. Transfer to papertowels to cool, then crumble or chop bacon
2. In a medium bowl, combine chopped tomatoes with 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1/8 tsp salt and a pinch of pepper. Stir to combine and set aside for 10 minutes allowing the tomatoes to release their juiciness. This scrumptious and easy concoction is your dressing.
3. To serve, divide the lettuce among 4 plates then top each with 1/4 of the tomato “dressing” then divide the avocado and bacon evenly among the plates. If you’re feeling less fancy, toss everything together in a large salad bowl and serve.
BLT Salad with Avocado
Ingredients
- 12 slices lean center-cut bacon, or 6-8 thick slices
- 3-4 Roma tomatoes, chopped
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise, p.s. it tastes great with real mayo too!
- 1/8 tsp salt
- pinch of freshly ground black pepper
- 2 medium or 1 large head of romaine, 6 cups chopped
- 1 medium Hass avocado, chopped
Instructions
- Put bacon in a large non-stick skillet and saute over low heat, turning often, until crisp. Transfer to papertowels to cool, then crumble or chop bacon.
- In a medium bowl, combine chopped tomatoes with 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1/8 tsp salt and a pinch of pepper. Stir to combine and set aside for 10 minutes allowing the tomatoes to release their juiciness. This scrumptious and easy concoction is your dressing.
- To serve, divide the lettuce among 4 plates then top each with 1/4 of the tomato "dressing" then divide the avocado and bacon evenly among the plates. If you're feeling less fancy, toss everything together in a large salad bowl and serve.
Notes
The GIVEAWAY:
To celebrate Mother’s Day and because I appreciate you all, I’m giving away 2 copies of The SkinnyTaste Cookbook. That’s right, two winners! Sponsored by Natasha’s Kitchen ;).
This cookbook beautiful and also very practical. Most of the recipes have photos which is important because I eat with my eyes first. I love how simple the ingredients are. Her slogan says it best “light on calories, big on flavor. The SkinnyTaste Cookbook is also a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. Bravo Gina – that’s huge!
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My favorite go to salad is a good layer of greens, black beans, corn, avocado and diced grilled chicken with a little sriracha/ranch topping.
When I think salad, I usually think of your olivye salad!
Southwest Orzo Salad
If I didn’t plan the dinner to much in advance, I just look what veggies I have and make a fresh salad out of them. With homemade mayo, sour cream, salt, pepper, fresh squeezed lemon juice, & any herbs I have on hand; dill, parsley, cilantro, ect… But just love salads 😉
Like your mood on salads this season:)
My go-to salad is very similar to this one. Instead of bacon I add cucumber, and use Italian dressing instead of mayo.
Thanks for sharing with everyone your recipes:)
Simple&easy!
This looks so tasty!
I love greak salads!!!
My favorite salad is butter lettuce, cut up chicken strips, corn, craisins, sunflower seeds, shredded carrots, apple chips, and ranch dressing.
Natasha, the salad sure looks delicious. Do u think I can use turkey bacon for the recipe though?
Yes! Absolutely!
Mmmmmmm… Looks delicious.
This looks delicious!!! Will be making this this weekend
Either a Caesar Salad or a creamy pea salad (peas go with almost anything)
A very traditional Manglorean Salad called “Karam” which is just cucumber, onion, ginger, green chillies, salt and sugar..Its simple but delish
Every time I go to sleep I go to your website to find something new to cook for the next day and I droll over all your food :/ so story short I go to sleep very hungry lol I gotta tell my stomach to wait for tomorrow love love your website your very awesome person Natasha seriously I have two kids and I don’t know how you do all this my work never ends good night
my go-to salad is usually Caesar salad:)
My fav ‘go to’ is not extremely ‘healthy’, but is so tasty and I have had many requests for the recipe…Chicken & Grape Macaroni Salad..yummmmm!!!!
Sounds really good! Recipe please 😉
my favorite go to salad is greek salad
My go to salad is simple: cucumbers, tomatoes, mayo, and salt 🙂 always yummy and a garden favorite!
I like a simple salad, romaine, cucumber, tomatoes, red onions with garlic cheese croutons. As for the dressing, I like creamy Caesar or a simple balsamic vinaigrette. Next time I left over bacon, I should save some and crumble it in my salad, that’s if there are any leftovers haha. Thanks!
Love your food, my favorite salad is the carrot salad!!
Carrot salad is my favorite 🙂