BLT Chicken Salad.

I am a bit of a tomato snob. I can barely stand to eat a fast-food tomato and am usually disappointed by the ones I purchase at the store. Last week, however, I had some great luck.  I was meandering through the produce aisles of my favorite local grocery store and spotted these red beauties. Tomatoes like these are hard to find here in March. I couldn't pass them up. When I brought them home, J and I decided these babies deserved to be in one of our favorite meals: The BLT Salad.

This is a salad any man would approve of. Full of protein and a BBQ salad dressing. (It's pretty dang good to us women-folk, too.) 

BLT Chicken Salad
1/2 c. mayonnaise*
1/4 c. bbq sauce (honey dijon)
2 tbsp. grated onion
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 lg. tomatoes, chopped
8 c. leafy lettuce, torn
3 c. chopped, cooked chicken (grilled is nice)
10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled*
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

Combine mayonnaise, bbq sauce, onion, lemon juice and pepper for dressing. Cover and chill thoroughly. Press chopped tomatoes in paper towels to remove excess moisture. Arrange lettuce on serving plates, top with chicken and tomatoes. Spoon dressing mixture over and top with bacon and sliced eggs. Serve immediately.

*We used lowfat mayo and "Real Bacon" pieces to cut out some of the fat and calories. It was still seriously delicious.