Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Salad

This is a colourful & delicious side-dish OR, on a night when its too hot to turn on the oven, just add some grated Parmesan or crumbled Feta and call it dinner!

• Ready In: 19 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 4  slices bacon, preferably smoky
• 1  pint grape tomatoes or 1  pint cherry tomatoes
• 4  plum tomatoes or 4  roma tomatoes
• 4  yellow tomatoes or 2  large beefsteak tomatoes
• 1⁄2 red onion
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1⁄4-1⁄3 cup pesto sauce
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  teaspoon white wine vinegar or 1  teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 10  cups  salad greens (your choice)
• 2  hardboiled egg, peeled & quartered (optional)

Directions

1. Cook bacon in a large frying pan, over medium-high heat.
2. Turn occasionally until crispy, about 4 minutes.
3. Blot off excess fat on a paper towel.
4. Break into pieces.
5. Slice grape or cherry tomatoes in half, plum or roma and yellow tomatoes into quarters and beefsteak tomatoes into eighths.
6. Combine in a large bowl and sprinkle with salt& pepper.
7. Combine 1/4 cup of the pesto with oil& vinegar in a small bowl.
8. Taste, then add more pesto, if needed.
9. Pour over tomatoes& toss until evenly coated.
10. Just before serving, add greens and toss to mix.
11. Scatter bacon and eggs (if using) over the salad.