9/8/2023 0 Comments Romaine wedge salad![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re like me and can’t wait until dinner to dive right on into THAT because you have the patience of a 2 year old, you could even get away with eating this for BREAKFAST.Īnd, if you want me to be honest, I’m not really suggesting that. Which is, like, the most perfect texture with the tender-smoky lettuce, juicy tomatoes, OH SO creamy vinaigrette AND AND a drippy, soft boiled egg. Trust me, I’ve eaten a LOT of wiggly bacon in my life and the texture-freak-person inside of me was NOT happy about it.Īaaaannnd, it gets even MORE crispety-crunchety when you slap it on the grill. <- SEE? Grill ALL the things in a last attempt to hold onto summer.īutterball Turkey Bacon is a current LUHVE of mine because, unlike a lot of other turkey bacon experiences in my past, it actually gets CRISPY. [Tweet “Turn your favorite sandwich into a salad! Healthy Grilled BLT Romaine Wedge Salad! PLUS PLUS, it’s all mixed up with juicy tomatoes and crispy, DELICIOUS grilled Butterball Turkey Bacon. Why eat mayonnaise when you can make your own tangy-sweet dill and Dijon vinaigrette bursting with vibrant, fresh lemon RIGHT? Except, like, without the carbs, gluten and does-not-make-you-feel-the-delicious-health-jammin-through-your-body mayonnaise. So, the toppings on this salad pretty much equals, IMO, the greatest sandwich that has ever been invented: The BLT. We’re food-loving-fro-yo-eating soul peeps. CIRCUS ANIMALS? Be still my heart.ĭon’t even pretend like this isn’t you too. Add a teaspoon or so of water if needed to thin dressing, or to preference. I mean, I am THAT GIRL who goes to one of those ultra-trendy frozen yogurt bars and gets, like, 2 Tbsp of fro-yo and then fills the rest of the bowl with toppings. Either by hand or with a food processor, combine all dressing ingredients and mix until smooth. I mentioned above that it was ALL about the toppings on a salad, before this here recipe came in my life. Have you guys ever tried grilling your salad before? After the grilled cherry crisp and grilled chickpea shenanigans, my inner-self turned into someone who apparently has made it a life goal to grill ALL the things, and hence this salad was born.īut, enough about smoky-soft leaves of vegetal YUM that will make your insides glow with goodness and tingle your taste buds right on down to your tippiy toes. Like, a green and veggie-licious salad packed with good-for-you ingredients and HEALTH? I wouldn’t be surprised if I was telling you some sort of paleo brownie completed my life, but a SALAD. Until this salad breezed into my life with it’s fresh-green-tender-crisp healthy ways that COLLIDED with a hot grill to create the most perfect charred meal in a bowl, that basically compl-EAT-ed my salad-loving-self’s WHOLE LIFE. Fresh romaine lettuce, feta cheese, cucumber, kalamata olives, tomato and red onions tossed with traditional greek dressing. I love me a good salad, but the lettuce component was never REALLY my jam. I never thought that I would be making such a bold statement about something that I fed my childhood pet rabbit. Leaves of LETTUCE that actually taste, like, REALLY, REALLY GOOD. Smokey, grilled heads of lettuce with charred, soft outer leaves and CRUNCHY, CRISPY inner ones. Rinse and place cut side down on a paper towel to drain.This wedge salad is made of grilled romaine hearts that are tossed with turkey bacon, tomato, soft boiled eggs and a creamy, homemade lemon dill dressing! It’s a low carb, healthy salad for 300 calories! ![]() This is what is holding that lettuce together. Trim the bottom core button, but do not remove it. Three hearts will equal 6 salads.Ĭut the hearts in half-length wise. Slice the head from top to bottom into four equal wedges, leaving the core intact. How To Make Wedge Caesar Saladīegin with a package of 3 Romaine Lettuce Hearts. Inspect the lettuce head, and remove any leaves that appear wilted or brown. It’s perfect for a dinner party or luncheon. Place the romaine hearts, lemons, and baguette slices on the grill on direct heat and cook approximately 2 minutes per side, flipping often. Drizzle bread with olive oil (a light coating). Target 400 degrees F in the cooking chamber. I love how “elegant” this salad presents. Preheat grill for indirect cooking using two-zone grilling method. I’m almost embarrassed to be posting this recipe, and in all honesty… probably wouldn’t if it weren’t for the fact that it was SO good! The birds at this Nest went CRAZY for this salad! They gave it TWO big thumbs up! When a friend of mine, over the holidays, shared this idea for a “Wedge Caesar” salad…I JUMPED at the idea! Lettuce I don’t have to tear…Sign me up! (Let’s face it…wedge salads were designed by an over worked, tired chef! One day he just chopped the lettuce into hunks and said “Done!” lol) ![]()
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