blt | ingredient | lettuce <sep> a blt is a type of sandwich, named for the initials of its primary ingredients, bacon, lettuce, and tomato it can be made with varying recipes according to personal preference simple variants include using different types of lettuce or tomato, toasting or not, or adding mayonnaise more pronounced variants can include using turkey bacon or tofu in place of bacon, or removing the lettuce entirely 
lettuce is an ingredient in a blt.a blt sandwich is named for the initials of its primary ingredients, bacon, lettuce, and tomato