BLT Salad

Name: BLT Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 little gem (bibb) lettuces, washed and shredded; 5 medium tomatoes, diced; 2 slices of white sourdough bread; 2 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil; 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar; ¼ tsp ground black pepper; 50 g/1¾ oz Bacon Bits; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 3 tbsp Vegan Mayonnaise

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Great British Vegan

By Aimee Ryan

Published 2021

About

All the flavour of a BLT sandwich in the form of a salad, so you can feel more virtuous eating it. The combination of sweet, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce leaves, chewy bread croutons, crunchy, salty bacon and creamy mayo will make your tastebuds tingle.

Ingredients

For the salad

2 slices of white sourdough bread
2 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil
2 lit

Europe
United Kingdom
Vegan

Method

To make the croutons, tear the bread into chunks and fry them in the garlic-infused olive oil over a high heat for 5 minutes.
Add all the salad ingredients, including the croutons, to a large bowl and toss to combine.
To make the dressing, whisk the olive oil, vinegar and pepper together in a small bowl and drizzle onto the salad. Add a few dollops of