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BLT Wedge Salad Recipe

The homemade dressing really makes this simple, quick-to-fix salad shine. You get so much flavor without a whole lot of work. Making the dressing in advance and refrigerating will intensify the flavor. Adding blue cheese crumbles is a great option as well.

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BLT Wedge Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 cup 2% milk
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 cup mayonnaise
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 tablespoon ranch salad dressing mix
1 teaspoon pepper
1 garlic clove, minced
1 medium head iceberg lettuce
1-1/2 cups grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise
2/3 cup crumbled cooked bacon
Crumbled blue cheese, optional

Directions

In a small bowl, whisk milk and lime juice; let stand for 5 minutes. Whisk in the mayonnaise, shallot, ranch dressing mix, pepper and garlic until blended.
Cut lettuce into four wedges. Drizzle with dressing; top with tomatoes and bacon. Sprinkle with blue cheese if desired. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 salad (calculated without blue cheese) equals 536 calories, 48 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 36 mg cholesterol, 1,405 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 10 g protein.

Originally published as BLT Wedge Salad in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2011, p22