Recipe & Photos by Heydon and Isaac

This recipe is a classic in our kitchen and one that Isaac loves to create and eat every single time. When the scent of bacon wafts through the air in our little casita, well, needless to say, I get excited to chow down, too. We received the most epic head of lettuce in our CSA box this week and wanted to showcase it in something besides a salad. Thus, Isaac’s favorite BLT was one of our dinners this week. Integrating high-quality vegetables in those everyday snacks and simple meals like the sandwich-for-dinner can really revolutionize the way you eat and truly heightens the caliber of your meals, or at least I think so. We are definitely looking forward to the JBG summer tomato iteration of this BLT, but in the meantime, we utilized some off-season orange cherry tomatoes.

Ingredients:

• 1 Red Onion
• A handful of cherry tomatoes (or one big tomato, use what you have)
• 1 Glorious head of JBG lettuce
• Bunch of Oregano
• Olive Oil
• Salt and pepper
• Bacon
• Mustard
• Mayo
• Bread

How to: Get a bread you like, preferably something fairly soft and thinly sliced. According to Isaac, “it ain’t about the bread for this sammy”. Slice red onion paper thin and loosely chop 2 to 3 beautiful JBG lettuce leaves. Slice tomato (JBG is not in season so Isaac used some sweet yellow cherry tomatoes) into fourths. And now, for the *secret ingredient* to Isaac’s personal favorite BLT - “if you’ve never had it this way, well, get ready for your mouth to explode!” - loosely chop a few sprigs of FRESH oregano.

Set all ingredients on a cutting board and drizzle in olive oil. Lightly grind salt and pepper on ingredients as well. Bake 6 pieces of Kiolbassa hickory bacon in the oven at 350-375 until crispy. Get 2 bread slices, spread a small amount of Colman’s mustard on each piece, and then spread a healthy amount of either Hellman’s or Duke's Mayo on each piece.



Begin the stack: red onion and a few punches of oregano, then lettuce, then tomato. Hit this layer with a little grind of pepper. Then add 2 or 3 pieces of bacon and repeat. On the second stack of bacon place them in the opposite direction (if horizontal the first time - stack vertical on the second layer). Cut the sandwich in half or diagonally, whatever gets you going, and ENJOY! Oh, and pair with some Claussen dill pickle spears for good measure. Yum.