BLT Wedge Salad

Well hello there.  I understand it has been months since my last post and I do have a very good and exciting reason.  For the past few months, I have suffered from what some might call... "morning sickness."  I, however call it, "all day nausea."  While I'm not complaining, because I had it pretty good compared to some people I know, it did put a damper on my cooking.  Most nights, dinner was either mac & cheese, french toast or cereal.  Or sometimes just a big bowl of fruits and veggies.  I planned ahead on meals, like I usually do, but by the time the day came, whatever I had planned did not sound appetizing at all.  That was probably the worst part about it all... being that I'm such a foodie.  But... good news, I am over the hump... food is sounding good again, I didn't think that could happen, but I will hopefully blog more in the near future! 

Tonight is movie night, which includes a big bowl of popcorn (freshly popped by my awesome husband) so I wanted to do something a little lighter for dinner... being that I'm pregnant, it needed to be filling too.  We kept raving about this salad all throughout dinner.  I usually hate when people talk about how awesome their food is during dinner... just shut up and enjoy it... but we were those people tonight.  I guess maybe it's cause we were expecting just a plain boring salad. But it was amazing. The dressing is the star of this salad. Just to let you know.

BLT Wedge Salad

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 bundle of romaine lettuce

10-15 cherry tomatoes, cut in half

1 cup homemade croutons, (just slice two pieces of ciabatta bread, drizzle olive oil over, toss and bake in 350 oven for 7 minutes)

1/2 avocado, cubed (this make it a BLAT salad, but the avocado adds some healthy fats)

Dressing: 

1/4 olive oil

1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1 Tbsp. mayo

2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup

4 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled (I used morningstar bacon cause it's delicious, but you can use turkey bacon or pork bacon or whatever kind of bacon you like, just don't use jarred bacon bits... yuk)

dash of salt and pepper

Directions:

For dressing, in a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, mayo, maple syrup and taste.  Add bacon and a little salt and pepper. Whisk until combined.

For the salad, cut the romaine bundle in half and plate cut side up.  Add sliced cherry tomatoes, avocado and croutons and top with maple bacon dressing.  Enjoy!