Grown-Up BLT's

I'm keeping my fridge stocked with bacon for the moment my big tomatoes finally up and decide to turn red.  This is slightly dangerous.  Cuz' I'm willing to make compromises for a BLT.  So currently I'm all about being a test kitchen and getting the perfect BLT down pat as I wait on the real tomatoes.

Today's Amazingness:

Toast

Cream cheese, spread on one piece

butter and mayo on the other

(like I said this BLT testing is dangerous business.)

Bacon (Duh) 

-I snip mine into little pieces so I have more even flavor-

A few drops of flavored vinegar

(I use red wine vinegar, it's milder and sweeter than balsamic, which I wanted to like but just didn't.)

lower-case-t tomatoes

Onion greens

Lettuce

Chervil 

(which is like parsley only milder, and not gone to seed yet...)

Cheese

and

*drumroll*

Lemon Basil

I planted it because I'm not a huge fan of basil but love herbs.

Then it grew and I had no idea what to do with it cuz it smells so lemony.

After a little experimentation...

It doesn't really keep it's lemony flavor in baking, and I like the basil flavor a lot better than, well, basil.

Uncooked it has a fantastic lemon flavor and is pretty soft on the herby basil side of things.

Yum yum!