B L T Sandwiches Supreme

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 loaf of your favorite artisan style bread such as olive bread, multi grain or 1 loaf seeded bread, etc
• 4 slices bacon or 4 slices vegetarian bacon
• mixed greens (mezclun) or baby spinach leaves or both mixed greens and spinach, rinsed and patted dry
• 2 small firm roma tomatoes, sliced or 2 small yellow tomatoes
• 1 small red onion, sliced
• mayonnaise, for spreading
• salt or fresh ground pepper
• fresh basil leaf (not dried)
• avocado, sliced (optional)
• alfalfa sprout (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cook bacon until crisp and set aside on a paper towel to soak up the grease, if necessary.
• 2 you can toast or leave untoasted the bread. cut bread into sandwich slices.
• 3 spread a little bit of mayonnaise or pesto onto one side of each slice of bread.
• 4 layer the bacon, the salad greens, the tomatoes, the red onion, and basil leaves, the avocado and alfalfa sprouts if using onto one slice of bread. i use about four basil leaves for each sandwich. season sandwich with salt and pepper if desired.
• 5 place the other slice of bread on top and very gently push down on the sandwich.
• 6 cut in half or in quarters.
• 7 serve with a smile on your face.