Caesar Salad

Course Salads
Prep. Time 15 mins
Cooking Time 10 - 15 mins
Yields 5 servings

Preparation
Nutritional Info
Comments (4)

Preparation

What You Need

Homemade croutons:

2 to 3 slices whole wheat bread

2 tbsp (30 ml) vegetable oil

Pinch salt

Pinch pepper

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 tsp (2 ml) paprika

1/2 tsp (2 ml) Canadian Parmesan Cheese, grated*

Caesar Dressing:

1 clove garlic, chopped

2 tsp (10 ml) capers

2 tsp (10 ml) Dijon mustard

Salt

Pepper, to taste

1/2 tsp (2 ml) lemon juice

3 tbsp (45 ml) olive oil

1 tsp (5 ml) Canadian Parmesan Cheese, grated

2 tsp (10 ml) plain yogurt

1/2 romaine lettuce, medium

Instructions

Homemade croutons
Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C). Cut bread slices into cubes. Combine all other ingredients in a big bowl. Add bread cubes and toss to coat. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until bread is dry. Let cool and set aside.

Caesar Dressing
Finely mince garlic and capers. In a small bowl, whisk Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, lemon juice, garlic and capers. Gradually whisk in oil in a thin stream until mixture is creamy. Beat in Parmesan and yogurt at the end of the recipe.

Caesar Salad
In a big bowl, combine torn romaine lettuce leaves with croutons and dressing and toss to coat. Serve.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 169 Calories
Protein: 3 g
Carbohydrate: 8 g
Fat: 15 g
Fibre: 2.3 g
Sodium: 187 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 4 % / 47 mg
Folacin: 42 %
Vitamin C: 26 %
Vitamin A: 19 %
Magnesium: 8 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.

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eva
June 8th, 2011

dont add fish
even
June 8th, 2011

ketchup makes is tast realy good
Bryanna
May 11th, 2011

Whatever you do! don't add anchoves
Betty
July 18th, 2010

I like to fry bacon crisp, fresh mushrooms and red onion to my caesar salad.