Recipe Box, BLT Salad with Buttermilk Bleu Cheese
I thanked him with a Garden Tomato cutting board from my Society 6 Shop
My favorite summer meal is a BLT sandwich
with homemade Bleu Cheese Dressing
You can make a lighter version by eliminating the bread
and stacking tomato slices and bacon on crisp romaine leaves
This bleu cheese dressing is thin rather than thick, so it drizzles beautifully
Substitute Ranch, Italian or your favorite vinaigrette if you prefer
Fresh summer tomatoes, crispy bacon
And crisp romaine leaves
Drizzle with dressing…
Heaven on a plate!
BLT Salad with Buttermilk Bleu Cheese Dressing
Ingredients
Buttermilk Bleu Cheese Dressing
- 1 cup quality mayonnaise, like Duke's
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 6 oz bleu cheese, crumbled
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
BLT Salad
- 1 ripe summer tomato per person
- 2 crisp romaine leaves per person
- 2 crispy cooked bacon slices per person
- 1/4 cup Buttermilk Bleu Cheese Dressing per person
Instructions
Buttermilk Bleu Cheese Dressing
- Combine ingredients in a large jar and stir well and shake to blend
- Refrigerate for several hours before serving to blend flavors
- Store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks
- Makes about 2 cups dressing
BLT Salad
- Slice each tomato into 6 thick slices
- Place romaine leaves on plates or large platter
- Make 2 stacks with each tomato by layering tomato slices with bacon: top one tomato slice with 1/2 strip of bacon, repeat, ending with third tomato slice on top
- Secure tomato stacks with tooth picks and place one stack on each romaine leaf
- Drizzle dressing over all
Notes
Enjoy!
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Jenna, summer’s fresh home-grown tomatoes are the best. I love a BLT and the blue cheese dressing sounds really good. BLT’s are the perfect summer lunch! Happy Wednesday!
I have some sweet yellow cherry tomatoes growing in a pot on the deck and one of my grandson’s eats them like candy!!
Jenna, a BLT is one of our favorite summertime lunches! I adore tomatoes from the garden and anything with bacon on it. Your recipe sounds yummy! Happy Wednesday!
My favorite too Shannon, thank you!
Sounds delicious and a great idea. Thanks especially for a good home made blue cheese dressing recipe. Perfection!
My favorite, thanks Jeanie!
This looks really delicious, and I LOVE the painting of the tomatoes!!!!
Thank you Dorothy, I love to paint tomatoes!
Oh these are looking scrumptious! And nothing better like a homegrown summer tomato!
yum, I agree!
Why am I reading this when I am hungry? This is a perfect salad!
My favorite, thanks Linda!
Lucky you, what a great neighbor! BLT’s have been on my mind too recently, still have a little way to go for local tomatoes here though-enjoy:@)
Yes, he is super nice, he makes fishing lures too and is always bringing a new creation over for my son to try out
Oh yea! Love BLT’s on toast, YUM! But I also like your idea to put on the romaine lettuce and skip the bread. Anyway you slice it, it’s a winner ! 😉
I have been living on BLTs lately, thanks Cyndi!
Oh, for the vine ripened tomatoes of my youth! Yummy sandwiches & salads!
thanks Linda!
Aren’t you lucky to have a friend that shares gifts from his garden with you. A BLT was the first thing we used to eat with the first tomato picked from our New England gardens. I know I would love your salad.
Yes! I am lucky, he brings me all kinds of vegetables!