I’m a horrible hypocrite. I posted all about wonderful, healthy recipes last week… and then I go and make this over the weekend.
Pulled chicken. Bourbon barbecue Sauce. Corn on the cob. Honey-cayenne butter. Mac & cheese. Corn bread. A peach-bourbon sweet tea cocktail. All homemade. All delicious. A full-on, Southern-style indoor barbecue. Because it was gloomy and gross out all weekend. And because I was feeding 3 grown men. And because I could.
I also discovered a container of homemade Christmas cookies from my mother-in-law that had somehow crept to the way-back of the refrigerator {aka Siberia}. It was game over. Ok, not really. I ate probably 4 the entire weekend. But still. I thought we had moved on from the Christmas cookies. I was wrong.
Anyway, I’m not making excuses or anything. I believe you should eat what you want when you crave it, moderately. Eating moderately is a lot easier to do when you are eating with a bunch of boys who have the appetites of a pack of lumberjacks. Just a tip for ya.
So, the rest of my weekend was pretty non-eventful. We took down Christmas. {sob.} I organized a bunch of different things that have been bugging me, including my cooking magazine hoard. It’s a problem, guys.
It was hard work. Work that is often avoided because it’s annoying and no one wants to do it. I was so proud that I finally got around to it, a feat that I must credit to that “New Year, fresh start” feeling that happens at the beginning of every January.
When the last magazine was put in its proper place {I have magazine bins where I organize them by season… sick, I know.} and all my cookbooks were sorted, I was hungry. Probably because I had just spent several hours looking at mouthwatering food photography.
That’s when I decided that this would be dinner:
My own creation, the “BKTA Sandwich”. Inspired by the classic “BLT”, but oh, so much more. My version contains a layer of creamy avocado topped with sauteed kale, juicy tomato, salty bacon and one more layer of avocado for good measure. All of this goodness is nestled between two slices of my favorite multi-grain bread. And topped with an egg because, again, I could.
You know how I know this idea was a success? Because I was sort of sad when I took the last bite and realized it was done.
The individual elements of this sandwich are all considered “healthy”, except for the bread, maybe. And the bacon, perhaps. {Unless you’re Paleo. Paleo people put bacon on everything and have no qualms about it.} So can we just pretend this is a healthy sandwich and call it a day?
On another note, I debated whether or not I should post a sandwich “recipe” when, in fact, it is more assembly than actual cooking. But in the end, the fact that I had separation anxiety at the end of my meal made it obvious that clearly I needed to share it. So here it is.
I hope your weekend was more relaxing and less cleaning/organizing/vacuuming your Lab’s hair from every surface of your house. Regardless, enjoy this sandwich. Yum.
BKTA {Bacon, Kale, Tomato & Avocado} Sandwich with Egg
