Inspired by this recipe at Skinny Taste that sounded absolutely delicious, I made a BLT salad for dinner last night. I had some bacon that needed to be used, and a BLT really sounded like it would hit the spot. The salad its self is mega easy- my real triumph in this recipe was the salad dressing. I love creamy salad dressings, but we all know how good those are for you. I usually just use REALLY small amounts of ranch, but I set out last night to make a tasty yet healthy dressing.
*Editor's note- baking bacon is my new FAVORITE way to make it. It's great, no fuss, but DO NOT leave it in for the full 17-20 minutes. I'd recommend more like 13-15 minutes. Check on it often.
BLT Salad
2 tomatos, diced
5 pieces of bacon, baked
Lettuce
1/2 Cucumber
2 oz crumbled Feta
Basil Cucumber Dressing
Serves 2- 5 Points+ per serving.
Assemble salad. Crumble bacon and feta. Pour dressing. Eat.
Basil Cucumber Dressing
1/2 Cucumber, seeded and peeled
1/4 C Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
Matt's Mix (or Salt) and Pepper to taste
a dash of Onion Powder
1/4 C Fresh Basil Leaves
Serves 2. 0 Points+ per serving. Yes, really.
Combine all ingredients in food processor. Process until blended and smooth. The cucumber and basil give this a really fresh, delicious taste. The cucumber provides a lot of the bulk of the dressing, so while it's still creamy from the yogurt, it uses so little of it that the dressing comes out to 0 Points+ per serving, which is both insane and awesome.
My biggest food weakness is condiments. I just load that crap all over anything and everything. I would not have your control with dressing :-).
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