BLT Salad with Avocado (Low Carb, Keto)
The classic flavors of a Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato sandwich with avocado in a great salad.. This BLT Salad with avocado has it all, plus a mayo dressing for 5 net carbs!
Servings 4
Calories 478kcal
Ingredients
Salad Fixings
- 1 pound romaine lettuce 500 grams
- 8 slices bacon crumbled
- 1 whole avocado cubed
- 8 ounces grape tomatoes halved
Mayo Dressing
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- 1 ½ tablespoons white or cider vinegar or lemon
- 2 ½ tablespoons erythritol powdered (or 1-2 packets of your favorite sweetener)
Instructions
- Prep: Cook bacon and crumble. Halve tomatoes. Cube the avocado.
- Make the dressing by adding all of the dressing ingredients into a small bowl and mixing together thoroughly. Adjust vinegar (or lemon) and sweetener to your taste.
- For the whole-leaf Low Carb BLAT Salad presentation: Cut the bottoms off of the heads of the romaine. Wash and dry the leaves. Divide the lettuce between four large dinner plates. Spread some dressing on each of the leaves. Visually divide the remaining ingredients and top the lettuce leaves with the bacon, tomatoes and avocados. If there is any dressing left over, drizzle it over the tops.
- For a Low Carb BLAT Salad presentation: Cut the bottoms off of the heads of romaine, wash and dry. Cut the romaine in to more manageable pieces and in a large bowl, toss with the dressing. Divide the dressed lettuce between four large salad plates and top each with the tomatoes, bacon, and avocado - dividing evenly between each plate.
Notes
This recipe can easily be scaled down to 1 or two servings by dividing the salad ingredients by 4 or 2.
The serving size for the dressing is roughly 3 tablespoons per salad.
Nutrition Facts
BLT Salad with Avocado (Low Carb, Keto)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 478
Calories from Fat 441
% Daily Value*
Fat 49g75%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Fiber 4g17%
Protein 8g16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition
Calories: 478kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 49g | Fiber: 4g