Avocado B.L.T. Salad

By jpaison

Ingredients

• SALAD INGREDIENTS
• 8 slices bacon (I prefer thick-cut, hickory-smoked)
• 1 1/2 bags pre-washed organic field greens or 1 1/2 bags baby greens (enough to cover large shallow serving dish)
• tomatoes or yellow tomatoes, of different sizes (I use roma, grape, and little yellow ones, again enough to cover dish)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• DRESSING INGREDIENTS
• 1 avocado, mashed
• basil, to taste (fresh or dried)
• garlic, to taste (minced or pressed)
• 1 dash lime juice
• 1 dash red wine vinegar
• 2 dashes olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Step 1

1 Cook bacon until crisp and drain strips on paper towel.
2 Make dressing by mixing mashed avocado through salt and pepper well; adjust ingredients to taste and desired thickness.
3 Arrange greens on platter and lightly salt and pepper.
4 Drizzle greens with half of the dressing.
5 Slice large tomatoes and halve small ones.
6 Arrange tomatoes on top of greens and dressing, biggest on the bottom.
7 Arrange whole bacon strips on top of tomatoes, drizzle with remaining dressing, add salt and pepper to taste, and serve at once!