Earl Eats BLAT Salad for Dinner

 My BLAT Salad Components & My BLAT Salad Dressed with Blue Cheese

What? You have never heard of a BLAT? In our house BLATs are a staple! If you have had a BLT, you've almost had a BLAT...Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and AVOCADO. (we had to do a bit of rearranging to make BLAT - BLTA just wasn't right.) When living in Mexico in the mid 70s, one of the places I lived was the avocado capital of Mexico, Morelia,, Michoacán. The avocados were the size of softballs and perfectly ripened. My father loved avocados and I wish I had been able to send him one like those available in the market there daily. Back then, in the states, we only rarely saw avocados because of their delicate nature. We didn't have them year round like we do today. It's winter and I just bought them on sale! Back to our BLATS...

My wife (a.k.a. "Turkey") prefers salads to sandwiches, So I thought I would deconstruct a BLAT and make a salad, since she would probably make hers into a salad anyway. The ingredients are:

Crumbled Bacon, Butter Lettuce, one Haas Avocado, Grape Tomatoes, Homemade Croûtons and for mine, Fat Free Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing.Only a couple of these are not standard BLT components. The salad dressing is a substitute for mayo or Miracle Whip, the croûtons are a substitute for bread and the crumbled bacon for strips of bacon.

As you can see in the top photo, On the left, I have the components sorted on the lettuce, and then assembled and dressed to the right. How can you go wrong with bacon, tomatoes, and avocados topped with blue cheese? You can't and we didn't. It was marvelous and filling!

A SIDE NOTE:

My wife chose Hidden Valley Cilantro Lime for her dressing and no croûtons. What can I say, nobody's perfect!😁