Healthy Dish For The Weak: B-L-Fried Tomato Salad.

I hate tomatoes. Except when in the following forms:

• Sun-dried
• Pesto
• Ketchup
• Pizza sauce

Other than this, I don't do tomatoes. No way. No how. My mum always said I would learn to love them some day...

But turns out she didn't know what the hell she was talking about.

I still do not like tomatoes. But tonight, I found a way to enjoy them in salad form... BLT salad!

Wait, no... B-L-Fried Tomato salad!

Ingredients:

2 boneless chicken breast cutlets, grilled

1 hothouse tomato, sliced horizontally into four thick slices

1 egg

1 cup panko crumbs

1 handful of fresh basil leaves

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1/2 lemon

4 slices bacon, cooked

1 avocado, peeled and sliced length-wise

2 cups of lettuce

A bunch of vegetable oil

Serves 2

Making the fried tomatoes is easy.

1. Beat the egg with a little hot sauce.
2. Brush the tomato slices, on both sides, with the egg.
3. Heat the veggie oil in a small frying pan over medium-high heat.
4. Dip the tomatoes (one at a time) into the panko and drop into the pan.
5. Cook on one side for about two minutes. Flip, and cook the other side.
6. Drain the tomatoes on paper towels for a few minutes.
7. Meanwhile, use a blender or food processor to make the basil-lemon dressing... Throw basil, extra virgin olive oil and squeeze the lemon into the appliance. Blend for a few seconds.

Time to assemble the salad!

Plate the tomatoes at the base, two to each plate. Take the dressing, pour through a strainer over the tomatoes. Layer the bacon next. Then put the lettuce on top. Followed by the avocado slices. Last goes the chicken, sliced, on top.

Voila!

The Husband's view on the salad...

"This is the best salad I have ever had."

There you have it, people!