BLT Chopped Salad with Homemade Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing

Here's an easy and tasty bacon, lettuce, and tomato salad recipe with a creamy blue cheese dressing that you can enjoy all year round.

If you love the taste of a BLT sandwich then you will probably like this bacon, lettuce, and tomato salad recipe. There's no bread involved, however, you could easily make or add your own croutons.

I used a couple of heads of romaine lettuce, thick-cut bacon, and cherry tomatoes. For the dressing, I made a creamy Gorgonzola blue cheese.

How to Make a BLT Chopped Salad

Step 1: Cook the bacon slices until it's nice and crispy. I did this in the oven on parchment paper which made the clean up so much easier than using a skillet.

Step 2: Chop up the cooked bacon. I chopped it up pretty fine but you can use your discretion. You may like larger pieces in your salad.

Step 3: Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and chop up the romaine lettuce into bite-sized pieces.

You could use any kind of tomato here that you like just make sure to chop them up into bite-sized pieces. The same goes for the lettuce. I like romaine but you could use iceberg if you like.

Step 4: Next, make the dressing in a food processor. You can add a little milk to thin it out.

Step 5: To dress the salad combine half of the bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes in a serving bowl.

Step 6: Then add half of the dressing and toss.

Step 7: Finish by adding the remaining bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and all of the remaining dressing holding back a tablespoon or so.

Toss together and then pull up some of the tomatoes to the top and dollop the last of the dressing around for a nice presentation.

I think this BLT salad recipe could be made all year long. It's great as a side dish to any dinner but could also be a meal in itself.