Name: Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect BLT Summer Salad
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 31 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 cup mixed lettece greens; 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced; 2 celery stalks, sliced; 1 small onion, sliced; 1 large ripe beefsteak tomato, sliced; 1/2 cup grape tomatos; 1 or more sliced radishes; 1 carrot, shaved slices; 4 to 6 thin slices from a ball of fresh mozzarella cheese; 6 slices of bacon, cooked crispy; 2 hard boiled eggs, halved; 1/4 cup lightly salted pistachios; 1/2 tsp or more of fresh cracked black pepper; 1 recipe of my Blue Cheese Vinaigrette, recipe attached in direction #4

BLT Summer Salad. Summer BLT Chopped Salad Notes: This recipe makes a large amount of salad and since the dressing is put directly on it, it doesn't save well. I ate it the next day but the lettuce was limp and the fresh flavor was somewhat diminished. This is perfect for a family dinner, lunch or a party. BLT Summer Salad

You can cook BLT Summer Salad using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of BLT Summer Salad

It’s 8 cup of mixed lettece greens.
Prepare 1 of cucumber, peeled and sliced.
It’s 2 of celery stalks, sliced.
You need 1 of small onion, sliced.
It’s 1 of large ripe beefsteak tomato, sliced.
It’s 1/2 cup of grape tomatos.
It’s 1 of or more sliced radishes.
Prepare 1 of carrot, shaved slices.
It’s 4 of to 6 thin slices from a ball of fresh mozzarella cheese.
You need 6 of slices of bacon, cooked crispy.
It’s 2 of hard boiled eggs, halved.
Prepare 1/4 cup of lightly salted pistachios.
You need 1/2 tsp of or more of fresh cracked black pepper.
It’s 1 of recipe of my Blue Cheese Vinaigrette, recipe attached in direction #4.

Serve with any summer main, or make the salad more substantial by adding toasted bread cubes. Of course, no BLT would be complete without mayo. Here it becomes a creamy drizzle spiked with lemon and fresh dill. During the hot days of summer a cool, fresh salad hits the spot.

BLT Summer Salad instructions

Place lettece on serving plate.
Arrange all vegetables around and on top of lettece.
Add beefsteak tomato in center and scatter grape tomatoes on salad. Top beefsteak tomato with the mozzarella cheese. Place hard boiled eggs around sides add cracked pepper.
Top witn bacon and pistachios, drizzle with some Blue Cheese Vinaigrette, recipe attached below. Serve extra blue cheese vinaigrette on the side

https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/341001-blue-cheese-vinaigrette-dressing.

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