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    BLT Salad with Creamy Bacon Dressing


    Source of Recipe


    BBR

    Recipe Introduction


    Posted by: Ashleigh

    List of Ingredients




    1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped
    4 fresh tomatoes, seeded and sliced
    1 cup sliced red onion
    1 1/2 cup crumbled crispy bacon
    1/2 cup toasted cashews, chopped
    Creamy bacon dressing see below

    Creamy Bacon Dressing

    4 tablespoons mayonnaise
    1/2 cup peanut oil
    1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    2 tablespoons minced shallots
    1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
    1/4 cup finely chopped crispy bacon
    1 1/2 tablespoons chopped basil
    Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

    Recipe



    First prepare dressing by combining all ingredients in a bowl and
    whisk until smooth.

    Assemble salad by tossing iceberg lettuce with tomatoes, onion,
    bacon, half the cashews, and the dressing. Sprinkle remaining
    cashews over top of salad and serve.

    Now, my changes:

    I doubled this recipe. Used bagged lettuce of course:), a mixture of iceberg and romaine. Also used the already cooked and chopped REAL bacon pieces. Tomatoes didn't look great that day, so I used grape tomatoes cut in half. I substituted the basil paste found in the produce section of our market for the fresh basil. Doubled the cashews. Don't leave them out. They really make the salad different.
 

 

 

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