BLE – Caesar Salad

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This recipe has been modified using BLE structured meal planning. 

Caesar Salad with Vegan Parmesan Cheese
Each Serving Provides:
4 oz vegetables               ½ fat serving

Caesar Salad with Dressing Only, NO Cheese
Each Serving Provides:
4 oz vegetables               ¼ fat serving

Salad Ingredients

(partial veg)    romaine lettuce (plan 4 oz per serving)

(partial fat)      Vegan Parmesan Cheese (5 g per serving)

(free)               sprinkle with dulse and/or nori flakes*

Dressing Ingredients

(makes about 6 oz/serving size is 1 oz)

(free)               3 Tbsp lemon juice*

(free)               2 Tbsp regular white vinegar

(free)               2 Tbsp soy sauce

(free)               1 ½ Tbsp water*         

(2 fat)               1 oz/2 Tbsp tahini*

(free)               1 Tbsp Dijon mustard

(free)               .5 oz/3 Tbsp nutritional yeast*

(free)               1 clove garlic, use garlic press

(free)               10-12 capers

(free)               6-7 drops Tabasco 

Instructions

  1. Put ingredients for salad dressing into a personal blender and blend until smooth. 
  2. Place romaine lettuce in a salad bowl. Add 1 ounce of salad dressing and a sprinkle of dulse and/or nori flakes. Toss to distribute and coat lettuce. 
  3.  Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve.
  4. Keep left over salad dressing in refrigerator up to 5 days or portion and freeze.

Notes/Tips

  • It’s easy to make your own lemon juice. Juice fresh lemons and measure out one tablespoon measurements and freeze in ice cube trays. After frozen, transfer to a bag, and label.
  • Clean up can be made easy if you save the water to rinse out the blender container. Swish around then pour contents into dressing mixture. Mix with spoon to incorporate. 
  • Can substitute tahini with 4 oz avocado. Note the dressing will turn green, but it makes a tasty creamy dressing. Using avocado will change the weight and volume of the recipe. For accuracy, weigh the full amount the recipe makes, then divide into equal portions.
  • Nutritional yeast, .5 oz is a condiment.
  • Dulse flakes are a seaweed which will add a salty ocean flavor to your salad. If desired you could substitute with Nori powder. Make your own by putting a sheet of nori in a blender and pulse to blend into a coarse powder. Check this link to learn more about using seaweeds for flavoring.