Honorable Mention B L Ts

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 slices bread (your choice-*sourdough, multigrain, whole wheat, etc.)
• 1 cup mixed salad green
• red onion, slices (optional)
• 1 large tomato
• 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced
• 8 sliced cooked bacon (see cooking instructions below in step #6)
• 4 ounces cotija cheese
• salt and pepper
• 4 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
• 2 -3 tablespoons brown sugar or 2 -3 tablespoons piloncillo
• for preparing the bacon

Recipe

• 1 *i used leftover garlic sourdough bread. fyi.
• 2 sandwiches: build your sandwich starting out with one slice of the bread. place a layer of salad greens; red onion slices, if using; tomato slices, few slices of avocado, two slices cooked bacon and one ounce cotija.
• 3 add 1 tablespoon cilantro leaves to each sandwich. top with the other slice of bread.
• 4 repeat with remaining slices of bread.
• 5 serve immediately or wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 6 preparing the bacon: preheat oven to 375 degrees. line a sided baking sheet with foil and place a rack on top.
• 7 place the bacon slices on the rack and sprinkle with a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar.
• 8 bake 20 minutes or until the bacon is cooked through and crisp.