BLT Bites

You won't believe how hard it was to get a good picture of these little buggers. I made these for the Alpha Celebration Dinner tonight. They were really easy but I wish that I had started them earlier in the day because they could have done to sit in the fridge chilling for a bit longer. I wasn't sure how many people were going to be there so I cut them a little smaller so that this recipe cranks out about 54 little bundles. You could make them bigger if you wanted though. As you will see, I even went so far as to stick little 70s-bridge-party frilly toothpicks into them. What a hoot.

1/2 c mayo
4 oz softened cream cheese
2 T thick and chunky salsa
1/2 T Epicure Sundried Tomato & Herb Dip Mix
1 t dijon mustard
6 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
9 tortillas (you could totally do fewer tortillas though, I was trying to stretch them a bit)
1 c finely chopped and seeded roma tomato
1/2 c shredded romaine

I went fancy on these, I trimmed the tortillas until they were square. I also used spinach, tomato, and cheese tortillas so there were some nice colours going on. Mix the mayo, cream cheese and flavouring stuff until well blended, then stir in the bacon. Spread the bacon mixture evenly over the tortillas. Evenly top with lettuce and tomato (you should have seen how finely I shredded the lettuce, I did a chiffonade. Very cool.) tightly roll them up and wrap them securely with cello wrap then put them in the fridge for at least an hour but definitely not overnight (I'm pretty sure that the lettuce would wilt a lot if they were in there for a really long time but I'm thinking 8 hours would be the max).

Cut them into 1" rolls and secure them with a toothpick. Cool beans.