The delicious flavors of a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich in this huge, main course salad. To make it heartier, I’ve included lean turkey, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, and topped with my skinny ranch dressing and toasted, homemade bread crumbs. Pure yumminess!!! Each salad has 247 calories and 5 grams of fat. This has become my “go-to” salad and I hope you’ll enjoy it too!
Ingredients
- 2 bacon strips, see shopping tips
- ½ slice multigrain bread or whole wheat bread, see shopping tips
- 4 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
- 2 ounces cooked turkey breast (luncheon meat), diced
- ½ cup tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tablespoons scallions, chopped if desired
- 2 tablespoons skinny ranch dressing
Instructions
- Cook bacon: Line the bottom of a microwave-safe plate with paper towels. Place bacon on top and cover with paper towels. Cook in microwave for about 2-3 minutes, until bacon is crispy. Cool slightly and crumble.
- To make bread crumbs: Toast bread. Add toasted bread to a blender and grind into crumbs.
- Add chopped lettuce to a dinner plate. Top with turkey, tomatoes, scallions, and crumbled bacon. Drizzle dressing over salad and sprinkle bread crumbs on top.
Notes
Makes 1 main course salad. This recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, and so on.
Shopping Tips
I’ve combed the supermarket shelves looking for one of the leanest regular bacon choices and Oscar Meyer Center Cut Bacon is my favorite, compared to most regular bacon. It’s much lower in fat and calories. Once cooked on paper towels, the fat is even lower. I calculated my Skinny Facts using this bacon.
*Happily now Oscar Meyers sells an uncured, no nitrate bacon. In addition, there is fantastic bacon called Applegate Farms Natural Sunday Bacon. It’s low in fat and calories, uncured, and contains no nitrites! Many supermarkets sell it. I bought mine at Vons/Safeway and Whole Foods. http://www.applegate.com/products/natural-sunday-bacon
I love Milton’s multigrain bread and used ½ slice for this recipe. Most supermarkets sell it in addition to Trader Joe’s and Costco. I used it to calculate the Skinny Facts. Or, use your favorite.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 4-Blue
WW SmartPoints 5-Green
WW Points Plus 6
Shopping Tips
I’ve combed the supermarket shelves looking for one of the leanest regular bacon choices and Oscar Meyer Center Cut Bacon is my favorite, compared to most regular bacon. It’s much lower in fat and calories. Once cooked on paper towels, the fat is even lower. I calculated my Skinny Facts using this bacon.
*Happily now Oscar Meyers sells an uncured, no nitrate bacon. In addition, there is fantastic bacon called Applegate Farms Natural Sunday Bacon. It’s low in fat and calories, uncured, and contains no nitrites! Many supermarkets sell it. I bought mine at Vons/Safeway and Whole Foods. http://www.applegate.com/products/natural-sunday-bacon
I love Milton’s multigrain bread and used ½ slice for this recipe. Most supermarkets sell it in addition to Trader Joe’s and Costco. I used it to calculate the Skinny Facts. Or, use your favorite.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 4-Blue
WW SmartPoints 5-Green
WW Points Plus 6
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 main course salad 247 calories, 7g fat, 2g sat. fat, 35g chol, 24g prot, 26g carbs, 7g fiber, 902mg sod, 5g sugar |
| FACTS: for Freestyle SmartPoints 145 calories, 2g sat. fat, 4g sugar, 10g protein |
Skinny Facts
Serving: 1saladCalories: 247kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 24gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 902mgFiber: 7gSugar: 5gBlue Smart Points: 4Green Smart Points: 5Plus Points: 6
