bacon salad Archives - The Rustic Heart

My good friend came to my house to go swimming and brought this salad. The lettuce keeps the salad fresh and the creamy dressing brings everything together.

Ingredients

1LB Pasta – Any shape will do
1 LB Bacon
2 Cups Cherry Tomatoes – Any color
½ Cup Milk
2 tsp Salt – Plus salt for pasta water
2 Garlic Cloves – Grated
1 TBSP Fresh Thyme
2 TBSP Chives – Chopped
½ Cup Mayonnaise
¼ Cup Sour Cream
5 Cups Romaine Lettuce

Instructions
Cook the bacon until it is crispy. Once it is cool, crumble into pieces. In a large stock pot, cook the pasta until al dente. (Add salt to the water when you are boiling the pasta). Drain the pasta. Put the pasta in a large bowl and add the milk. Toss to combine.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and add to the bowl. Add the grated garlic cloves, salt, thyme, chives and ¾ of the bacon. Lightly toss to combine all the ingredients. Add the mayonnaise and sour cream and stir until all the pasta is coated. Stir in the lettuce and top with the remaining bacon.

Cobb Salad 2

This Cobb Salad is delicious. I never met anyone who didn’t love Cobb salad. There is definitely something for everyone here. Grilled chicken, bacon, crisp lettuce, amazing. Invite someone to your home and serve this Cobb Salad, your guests will thank you.

Ingredients

1 Head Romaine Lettuce
1 Head Iceberg Lettuce
1 Head Leaf Lettuce
2 Chicken Breasts
6 Slices of Bacon
1 Pint Cherry Tomatoes
4 Hard Boiled Eggs
1 Avocado
1 Green Onion
Blue Cheese Crumbles
Blue Cheese Dressing

Instructions

Grill the chicken and set aside to cool. Cook the bacon and set aside to cool.
Starting with the lettuce, wash and cut the romaine into small pieces, the iceberg into small chunks and tear the leaf lettuce into bite-sized pieces. Add all the lettuce to a large serving dish.
Chop the chicken, bacon, avocado and eggs. Put each of them in a row on top of the lettuce.
Cut the tomatoes in half and put half of them on each end of the platter. Fill in with blue cheese crumbles.
Chop the green onion and sprinkle on top.
Serve with blue cheese dressing.