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We are still LOVING Plan to Eat. That 5 ‘o clock hour is so much better since I can link our meal planner to my Google Calendar, which sends me my Daily Agenda every morning at 5 a.m. When I wake up, I know exactly what my plan is for the day. (Implementing aforementioned plan is a different story.) Love it! If you want to sign up for a PTE trial and take my friend Kat’s Meal Planning Boot Camp, you’ve got nothing to lose but stress! (Note: Excuse the non-pro pics. Camera phone is the quickest to capture these pics.)
Changes and Suggestions
I love trying new recipes, but don’t like to spend too much time on prep. Trader Joe’s bagged greens that are already chopped is a time-saver. We love bacon, but don’t eat much of it, and especially don’t always have it at hand, so the sub for that is bacon bits. (If you leave the bacon out, it would technically be a LT salad instead of BLT salad.) I know, it’s not the same, stop yelling at me. :p Instead of doubling the feta to 8 oz, I just used 6 oz since that is how much is in the TJ’s container. Canned corn would work if you don’t have fresh corn on the cob.
Do not just make the 2 servings that is in the original recipe (I changed it to 4 servings down below). You might not want to put all the extra avocados in if you’re making more, only because you don’t want to eat brown avos in your salad. Go big and make a ton of this salad because there are quite a bit of ingredients to prep, so you want to make the most of your time in the kitchen. Plus, everyone loves it and will want more anyhow. I found that 1 pint of tomatoes for the 2 servings was a bit too much, so even having 1 pint for the 4 servings would be sufficient, unless you LOVE grape tomatoes, than go for it!
Verdict
Happy bellies all around!
On this particular evening, we had guests over for dinner AND I was bringing a meal for another family of six (one is a baby), so if you are looking for something literally to “throw together”, this would be the recipe!! We also had baked potatoes and chicken tacos from TJs.
– Joyce
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Inspiration
BLT CHOPPED SALAD WITH CORN, FETA + AVOCADO recipe from How Sweet Eats
Total time: < 25 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 4 cups butter lettuce, chopped
- 4 cups arugula, chopped
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, quartered
- 8 slices thick-cut bacon, fried and crumbled
- 1 1/2 cups sweet corn
- 2 avocados, chopped
- 6 ounces feta, crumbled
- 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
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2 limes, juiced
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1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions:
Put all the ingredients into a large bowl and toss it all around.
*Younger kids can definitely help out with making this salad, especially if the bacon is already prepared ahead of time so no frying involved.
Keeping up with the Moys 