My husband has been working long hours lately, but was home for lunch today. I hadn’t gone shopping. Looking in the fridge to see what in the world to make, I found bacon, lettuce, a quarter of an onion, a quarter of a green pepper and just enough leftover berry trifle for one serving. Nothing else seemed to go together.
I had everything for a BLT but the tomatoes. So instead, I made a BLOG and gave him the berry trifle for dessert. (He usually doesn’t get desserts, so when I make them for special meetings like our Life Group Bible Study the night before, he sure enjoys it.) My husband (who thinks onions and green peppers are great any way they’re served) loved it. So, this is a new sandwich added to my list of sandwich recipes. (Next time I make it, I’ll take a picture. I didn’t think to do it this time.)
BLOG (Bacon, Lettuce, Onions & Green Peppers)
Bacon – 4 pieces, cooked
Lettuce – 1 piece big enough to cover the bread
Onion – 1/4 of a medium-sized one
Green Pepper – 1/4 of a medium sized one
Bread – 2 pieces toasted, one very lightly buttered and one with a very light spread of mayonaise
Black pepper – to taste
Cook the bacon in a pan until crispy (or the way you like your bacon). Set aside. Take out most of the bacon fat, leaving about 1 tsp in the pan. Put onion and green peppers in the pan with the remaining bacon fat, grind pepper over top, and saute until slightly soft. (There’s enough salt in my bacon that I didn’t need to add any. But, you’ll want to be sure to take a taste and see if you need to add a little salt, based on the kind of bacon you use.)
Toast bread and spread a very small amount of butter on one side and a very small amount of mayonaise on the other side. Put the bacon on one piece, cover bacon with onions and green peppers, and put lettuce over the whole thing. Cover with the other piece of toast, cut in half, and serve.
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No, it isn’t low fat. But, once in a while, it sure tastes good to eat bacon. (By the way, since I’m determined to lose weight, I didn’t eat this sandwich. I just tasted it to make sure that the flavor was good. It was a hit with my husband.)
