Avocado and Bacon Sandwich

6 slices bacon, preferably sliced thick
1 ripe avocado
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  A few drops lime or lemon juice
Tabasco or other hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 small red onion, minced, optional
2 slices pumpernickel or whole-grain bread

Fry bacon until very crisp. While it is frying, peel avocado and mash with mayonnaise, lime or lemon juice, a few shakes of hot sauce and salt. Stir in onion, if using.

Toast the bread, heap each slice with the avocado mixture, then lay 3 slices of the bacon across each open-faced sandwich. Makes 2 servings, or maybe only 1.

Per serving: 561 calories; 43 g fat (10 g saturated fat; 69 percent calories from fat); 33 g carbohydrates; 34 mg cholesterol; 1,333 mg sodium; 14 g protein; 11 g fiber.