Avocado B.l.t. Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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
• 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

Recipe

• 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!