BLT Salad with Goats Cheese

One of my favourite sandwiches is a good old classic BLT with its crispy bacon, fresh lettuce and juicy tomatoes. Last night I decided I was craving a salad so, similar to the club sandwich salad I put on here weeks back, I did similar here. With a jacket potato on the side - perfect for after work.

The only changes to the standard BLT is the addition of creamy goats cheese, some spring onions and snipped chives. The tomatoes were 'sun blush' - a bit like sun dried but softer. And the oil that the tomatoes came in were a perfect base for the dressing along with some balsamic vinegar.

Ingredients:   (Serves 2-3 as a main)

250g unsmoked streaky bacon
200g sundried tomatoes, chopped 
4 spring onions, chopped
100g bag baby leaf salad leaves
30g goats cheese
oil from the sun blush tomatoes
2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
few snipped chives

Method:

Grill the bacon under a high heat and dab with kitchen paper to remove as much fat as possible, this makes it nice and crisp. When cooked - drain on more kitchen paper as you assemble the salad.

In a large bowl mix the spring onions, tomatoes and salad leaves Crumble in the bacon and dress with the oil mixed with the vinegar. Then add the snipped chives. Toss well and serve, finally adding the goats cheese by crumbling it between your fingers over the whole salad. Season with ground black pepper and enjoy!

I had this with a simple baked potato and it was filling and everso tasty!