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Crispy bacon, lettuce, and juicy tomatoes are mixed in a creamy dressing with blue cheese for the perfect mix that is savory, fresh, and satisfying!
Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: Fresh, tangy, and savory with crisp lettuce, smoky bacon, juicy tomatoes, and creamy blue cheese.
- Skill Level: Easy enough for beginners, with simple chopping and mixing required.
- Time-Saving Tip: Buy pre-cooked bacon and a bag of pre-chopped lettuce. Swap the homemade ranch dressing for a bottle of prepared dressing.
- Serving Suggestions: Serve as a hearty lunch, pair with grilled chicken, or enjoy as a fresh side dish at BBQs.
Ingredient Tips for a BLT Salad
- Lettuce: Crispy romaine lettuce and iceberg are the best choices for this hearty salad. Add some chopped kale for extra nutrition.
- Tomatoes: Any tomatoes work! Use halved grape tomatoes in green, orange, yellow, or red for pops of juicy color. Sundried tomatoes have less liquid than freshly chopped tomatoes and will help the salad last longer.
- Bacon: This recipe is all about the bacon! Buy it pre-cooked and chopped up, or cook it yourself and use any variety you like.
- Cheese: Blue cheese adds creaminess and a salty balance to the other rich ingredients. Crumbled feta, parmesan, cheddar cheese, or bocconcini (small balls of mozzarella) can also be used.
- Dressing: Swap out the mayo for Greek yogurt. No buttermilk? No problem! Use regular milk or make it by following this quick guide.
- Variations: Toss in diced avocados, sliced olives, jalapenos, green chiles, corn kernels, red onions, fresh chives, shredded zucchini, or carrots. Add a (drained and rinsed) can of cannellini or black beans for mild flavor and a bump in fiber and protein.
Best Way to Store BLT Salad
You may not need all of the dressing, so store any leftovers in a jar with a tight-fitting lid in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Keep extra BLT salad in a covered container for up to 3 days in the refrigerator. Stir, adjust the seasonings, and enjoy it with fresh lettuce or scoop it into a wrap or pita bread pocket for a quick and energizing workday lunch.
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BLT Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ head iceberg lettuce chopped
- 1 romaine heart chopped
- 2 medium ripe tomatoes cut into chunks or 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 cup cooked and crumbled bacon about 1 pound bacon
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese or ½ cup shredded cheddar or crumbled feta cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Dressing
- ⅓ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup buttermilk or 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon dried dill or 1 teaspoon fresh
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Place iceburg and romaine lettuce in a large bowl and top with tomatoes, green onions, bacon, blue cheese, and parsley.
- In a mason jar with a lid, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk or milk, lemon juice, sugar, onion powder, dill, and garlic powder. Shake well to combine and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss well to combine. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Use pre-cooked bacon or cook some up in the oven.
- Wash lettuce up to 3 days in advance, shake dry, and store in the fridge.
- If using store bought dressings, ranch or blue cheese pair well.
Diced Avocado
Chopped Boiled Eggs
Croutons
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Lunch, Main Course, Salad
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Home alone tonight so fixed this salad for me myself and I. It was delicious. Next time I will cut back a bit on the sugar in the salad dressing, but otherwise make as per recipe. Your recipes are always wonderful!
I am so happy to hear you loved this recipe Gale!
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Absolutely loved this recipe, however I did substitute mozzarella for the blue cheese.
I love this salad!!! Actually I have been making it for several years. It is a favorite in our family.
Question….how far in advance and or how long can the BLT salad dressing be stored
Thank you
It should last as long as your sour cream/buttermilk are good for, I usually keep it about 5 days.
Wow wonderful, added in some baby spinach to the mix and subbed the cheese for cheddar jack. Fantastic!