Here in Mississippi, Summer is still in full force, and light summer meals can’t be beat. I love BLT sandwiches, but for a filling dinner, I decided to make a chicken BLT salad.
I wanted to keep things on the light side, so I cooked my chicken without any oil… just sprinkled with ranch dressing mix on both sides for some delicious flavor.
While the chicken cooked, I cut up and washed my lettuce…
…and washed and sliced some Roma tomatoes (my favorite!).
Mmm…. check out that yummy browned chickeny goodness. Sneak a piece from the pan to taste the yumminess that is ranch dressing mix on poultry!
I used the rest of the dressing mix to make actual dressing (go figure!) for our salad. Basically, I just mixed it with some lite mayonnaise and some fat free sour cream until it was the right texture/flavor.
And for the bacon? I got some of that pre-cooked stuff in a box, microwaved it, and cut it up with my kitchen scissors over the top of the salad.
This was definitely a dinner that will have to be repeated, because the flavors were perfect, and you’d never know our homemade low-fat Ranch dressing from the store-bought full-fat kind (I hate store-bought low-fat Ranch. blah!).
Looks like Summer, doesn’t it?
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
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oh man oh man does this look good and simple~ you`re right too, there ain`t nothing like a simple summer BLT!!! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! *mopes around empty kitchen*