And the bread selection?

I'll just have the bacon...thanks..it looks delicious. Don't eat tomatoes and wouldn't eat

those greens unwashed. Yikes. Ever seen how they are harvested and handled in

processing? Sorry...my opinion only.

I think he grows his own. I have eaten my fair share of unwashed garden produce.

Unwashed from a store? no way. Unwashed from a trusted friend or farmer? quite likely for tomatoes. For lettuce I wash carefully -- local dirt and occasional bug -- but dry carefully as well.

What a great looking plate of summertime goodness ... !

Too many BLTs? Never!! I live in the south so my peak tomato season has come and gone. But I still have several tomatoes producing and am enjoying my own version of BLTs or my favorite caprese salads several times a week. Love my Lemon Boys (yellow) tomatoes and Cherokee Carbon. I dont use as much bacon though, as much as I do love it.

And yes i do grow my own greens early in the year (too hot now) but always, always wash in salt water first to kill any bugs, then rinse twice, run through the salad spinner, and dry on a towel. Am always surprised at the debris and occasional bugs in that first wash.

I grow my own greens in containers mulched with hay, so they stay pretty clean. A good rinse is all they need, and I've never had a problem with washing making them limp - as long as I do it right away and don't let them sit.

Do I spy some mizuna greens too?

That looks fabulous!! As far as washing, I buy the baby kale or arugula in the "triple washed" containers. Wish I could grow my own.

Beautiful, dcharch. I'd love that meal just as presented.

How did you cook that bacon!! It looks perfect.

I love BLT's and just bought some farmers market tomatoes and a pound of bacon. But I've always cooked it in a skillet or griddle. Yours looks so perfect and crisp!

Please share your magic!

Jane

I went from having 38 tomatoes on my counter to three not-so-great-looking ones. Husband said the plants which produced like mad look terrible now. They are at our community garden. I usually have tomatoes till frost and beyond.

The idea to slightly dehydrate the tomatoes? Brilliant! I've got a bowl of super juicy, super flavorful German Giants and if they become any more concentrated flavor bombs, I could just die in bliss. I'm going to try that tomorrow. Just now, my dehydrator is full of Italian sweet peppers.

on pita bread ... good n messy!

You can modestly "dehydrate" tomatoes by slicing them about 1/4 inch thick, placing them on a paper towel and letting them sit for 10 minutes or so.

Sure looks beautiful but seems like you took a very fast/easy/simple meal and turned it into work!! Dehydrate you say!!? IMPO garden grown lettuce is ALWAYS limp, leave my CRISP and substantial ice berg alone!! hahaha.

WOW!! feasting with my eyes!!! Well Done!

how did u cook the bacon, looks AMAZING!!

I have seen you post many luscious looking plates but this is by far the best yet.

I’m not dcarch, but I am fairly certain the bacon is cooked in the oven. I do mine that way all the time. Put it on parchment paper on a rimmed baking pan, pre-heated 425 degree oven, and watch closely, about 5 minutes or so per side. I use thick sliced bacon, so your cooking time may vary.

agmss15, And the bread selection?

Naan. Toasted sliced bread competes with the crispiness of the bacon and lettuce. Yes, I grow plenty of garden lettuces. With lots of rain this year, no dirt and no bugs on the lettuces.

OutsidePlaying, " ----Love my Lemon Boys (yellow) tomatoes and Cherokee Carbon. ----"

Two of my favorites.

carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b, "------Do I spy some mizuna greens too?"

Ha! indeed, mizuna. Wonderful salad green. surprised that it is more popular.

HU-144972567, "----I buy the baby kale or arugula in the "triple washed" containers. Wish I could grow my own."

I am very lucky. I have a setup to grow indoors, even when it's freezing out I can still pick my own.

jane__ny, "----- How did you cook that bacon!! It looks perfect."

I sandwich the bacon between two cooling racks, and bake at an angle in the oven at low heat to render and drain a lot of the fat away, then high heat to crispy up the bacon. Rotate the racks a few times to make sure the heating is even. You do need a pan with water to catch all the fat.

matthias_lang, I also grow German Giant. I love half dehydrated tomatoes in a BLT and in salad making.

bragu_DSM 5 on pita bread ... good n messy!

I like naan bread. Same basic idea.

arcy_gw "Sure looks beautiful but seems like you took a very fast/easy/simple meal and turned it into work!!----"

Guilty as charged. But 1/2 lb of bacon on one BLT is worth the effort, Ha!

dcarch

“I sandwich the bacon between two cooling racks, and bake at an angle in the oven at low heat to render and drain a lot of the fat away, then high heat to crispy up the bacon. Rotate the racks a few times to make sure the heating is even. You do need a pan with water to catch all the fat.”

Ah that explains the pattern. No more binder clips?

(Looks delicious by the way! And no, I’m not sick of them. Haven’t had one. I’ve got a volunteer plant, you reminded me to look and one tomato is finally red, maybe I’ll make one soon.)

FOAS, there is thin sliced bacon and thick sliced bacon. I like bacon not thin and not thick. Just right bacon, Works well with my method of baking. The pictures above show baked 1 lb of bacon, (not 12 oz) on super-charged tomatoes layered with all organic carbon neutral, only rain water grown lettuce. Heavenly guiltless BLT!!!

dcarch