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Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches

August 24, 2013 by Mary Frances 22 Comments

Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches cut in half.Now is the time!! The tomatoes are magnificent! Go and visit your nearest farmer’s market and buy those amazing heirloom tomatoes. Get some nitrate-free bacon and whip up bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches! We had just that for lunch today with an ear of corn, leftover from last night’s dinner, and it was just so delicious. So flavorful, like eating sunshine. Can you eat sunshine? Well it felt like it because this was just so fresh and yummy. So simple, yet full of flavor but light at the same time.

Once again, it’s all about the ingredients. Our bacon, from a local farm, was delicious and crisp. Our bread was toasted and also crisp. It was whole wheat sourdough artisanal bread. The orange tomatoes were vine ripened and just picked this morning. The two red cherry tomatoes I grew and picked this morning. The lettuce was iceberg for the cold crunch and the mayo was Hellman’s, not even homemade. I sprinkled a little fine grind sea salt and fresh ground black pepper on the tomatoes, before closing the sandwich.

Don’t let summer come to a close without making this. You won’t be sorry.
Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches with an ear of corn on a brown plate.

BACON, LETTUCE AND TOMATO SANDWICHES – serves 2

4 slices of whole wheat sourdough bread, toasted and cooled
2 – 3 heirloom tomatoes, sliced 1/4” thick
6 slices of nitrate-free bacon, fried crisp, drained on paper towels and patted dry of top grease
3 – 4 leaves of iceberg lettuce, torn in half, folded to fit
Sea salt
Fresh ground pepper
Hellmann’s real mayonnaise

Spread a thin film of mayonnaise on each slice of bread, Top one slice with a double thickness of tomatoes. Salt and pepper the tomatoes, top with 3 slices of bacon, the lettuce and then close with the other slice of bread. Cut in half and serve.

Eat with gusto and enjoy the summer sunshine!! You will LOVE it!

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  1. apuginthekitchen says

    August 24, 2013 at 5:49 PM

    It is like eating sunshine and my absolute favorite sandwich, the tomatoes are just beautiful right now as is the corn. Great meal!!
    apuginthekitchen recently posted…Roasted Figs With Whipped Goat Cheese And MascarponeMy Profile

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    • Mary Frances says

      August 25, 2013 at 1:46 AM

      Ha – and I debated about writing that sentence. Thank you!!

      Reply
  2. tinywhitecottage says

    August 24, 2013 at 6:32 PM

    Yes! I’ll make these and I have everything “in stock”. Isn’t it interesting how you can have all the making for something as fantastic as this and yet it never occurred to you to put it together. Thank you for the reminder. Fabulous looking sandwich you prepared!
    tinywhitecottage recently posted…grilled radicchio treviso and zucchini ribbon saladMy Profile

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    • Mary Frances says

      August 25, 2013 at 1:47 AM

      Thank you!! Your salad sounds amazing!

      Reply
  3. MarciaD says

    August 24, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    Oh Oh OH! Nothing like it with fresh home grown tomatoes!!!

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    • Mary Frances says

      August 25, 2013 at 2:00 AM

      Totally!!!

      Reply
  4. ChgoJohn says

    August 25, 2013 at 12:55 AM

    I could not agree more! Once my tomatoes started to turn pink, I stocked up on nitrate-free bacon. The morning they turned red, I bought the bread, lettuce, and made the mayo. I’ve been feasting on BLTs ever since. They will never taste as good as they do right now and I’m not going to let this opportunity pass me by. 🙂
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    • Mary Frances says

      August 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM

      A man after my own heart – enjoy!!

      Reply
  5. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    August 25, 2013 at 8:15 AM

    I’ve got tiny tomatoes the size of a quarter already and it’s not yet spring. I can’t wait to make this sandwich!
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    • Mary Frances says

      August 28, 2013 at 12:46 AM

      Cute little buggers, eh?

      Reply
  6. Jovina Coughlin says

    August 25, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    Love BLT. Your bread looks fabulous.
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    • Mary Frances says

      August 28, 2013 at 12:46 AM

      Thanks!! It was yummy!

      Reply
  7. yummychunklet says

    August 26, 2013 at 10:15 PM

    Such a classic, summer sandwich! Yum!
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    • Mary Frances says

      August 27, 2013 at 12:00 AM

      Totally!!

      Reply
  8. Hotly Spiced says

    August 28, 2013 at 12:34 AM

    That’s such a yummy looking sandwich. I love this combination – it makes this a perfect lunch xx

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    • Mary Frances says

      August 28, 2013 at 12:47 AM

      Definitely!!

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  9. Tandy | Lavender and Lime says

    August 28, 2013 at 1:50 AM

    Love is indeed the secret ingredient! I learnt that a few weeks ago. I love this sandwich combination and I would not mind one for breakfast today 🙂
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    • Mary Frances says

      August 28, 2013 at 11:43 AM

      Totally!!

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  10. Sophie says

    August 28, 2013 at 2:04 AM

    A lovely stacked sandwich this surely is! I want a big bite, please!!! 🙂
    MMMMMMMM!
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    • Mary Frances says

      August 28, 2013 at 11:39 AM

      It was so yummy!!

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  11. Brande Plotnick says

    October 14, 2013 at 3:10 PM

    After being vegetarian for years, I rediscovered eating meat when I found sources for pastured beef, pork and chicken nearby. I also rediscovered BACON and BLTs in the summer…I do make my own mayonnaise though!
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    • Mary Frances says

      October 14, 2013 at 9:17 PM

      Well yes – I love to make my own mayonnaise but sometimes I just run out of time. My husband is always yelling at me to get into my painting studio and paint when we are in the country…. and it kills him that I try to sneak in some gardening, which I said I wouldn’t do so much at this house. Ha!

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