cesar salad

Caesar style salad

Although the classic recipe calls for chicken, it can be replaced with other options to suit vegetarians and pescatarians. Skip cheese altogether if on a dairy free plan.

Ingredients:

  • Baby gem or romaine lettuce

  • Protein of choice: chicken, turkey or prawns (you can use leftover meat, e.g. from a roast or ready made rotisserie chicken); vegetarians can use chickpeas

  • Hard boiled egg

  • Parmesan or Grana Padano or hard sheep´s chees like Manchego or similar

  • Optional: crispy bacon, a few anchovies

    Salad dressing, lazy version:

  • 2 table spoons of quality mayonnaise, preferably made with olive oil

  • 1 tea spoon of Dijon mustard

  • 2 table spoons of freshly boiled water

  • 1/2 small clove of garlic, skip if sensitive

Instructions:

  1. Combine dressing ingredients with a fork.

  2. Roughly tear the leaves and place on a plate. Add dressing and coat the leaves with your hand.

  3. Arrange toppings: spread the protein, bacon, eggs and anchovies and sprinkle with shaved cheese.