B-L-A-G-T = Tomato Down My Chin Deliciousness

KELLY * July 27 * DINNER

Okay, this night truly had both barrels blazin'. We just officially booked a Caribbean cruise for a portion of my winter break and we just made the best freaking BLT ever!!! Truly, as I type (and keep in mind I'm sticky-phobic) I'm pretty sure there is still tomato juice running down my chin. All I know is that the trip to Fournie Farms in Collinsville, IL, coupled with our CSA box and a trip to Trader Joe's creates a pyramid of tastiness. Flauto is still feeling a little quiet this evening (and is a bit at a loss to say when there is no actual recipe), so I'm taking over. Okay, I'll give you the run-down.

So, what is a BLAGT you ask. Well, this was truly no ordinary BLT. We wanted a little something special, but also wanted to take full advantage of our Fournie Farms tomatoes (that looked amazing). So, here you go:

World's best BLAGT:
2 pieces of pane toscano (Trader Joe's)
2 GIANT slices of GIANT tomato (Fournie Farms - Collinsville, IL)
4-5 skinny pieces of bacon (Trader Joe's)
1/4 of an avocado, slathered on one side of the bread (Trader Joe's)
one hunk of goat cheese slathered on the other side of the bread (Trader Joe's)
(Liz's also had mayo. Mine did not.)

All I know is that the brilliance of the goat cheese (a food that I fully believe makes any meal an event and is, in any dish, a game changer) and the creaminess of the avocado joined with the explosion of tomato and crispiness of toast and bacon to create actual magic. This is no metaphor. I pulled a rabbit out of my mouth. It's actual magic.

As a lovely side dish, we each had an ear of bi-colored corn from Fournie's. (We bought 6 ears before we figured out that our CSA box came with 8. Oops. We just gave much of the CSA corn to our friends who picked up the box for us while we were out of town. Holla Myron and Ed!)

Anyway, it was a simple dinner, but I shall now (at 11:32 after a very late dinner) go to bed very happy and dream of plump tomatoes frolicking with cows, loaves of bread, and the like. Ah, it's a nice dream.