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Bacon and Blue Cheese Salad

Bacon and Blue Cheese Salad

Bacon and blue cheese salad made with hearts of romaine lettuce, creamy homemade blue cheese dressing, bits of crisp bacon and sliced grape tomatoes.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 285kcal
Author: Pat Nyswonger

Ingredients

  • 12 oz. Blue Cheese Dressing
  • 4 slices thick-cut bacon
  • 2 heads heart of Romaine lettuce
  • 1/2 medium red onion diced
  • 16 oz. grape tomatos sliced in half
  • 6 oz. blue cheese crumbled

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F 

  • Set a wire rack over a foil-lined baking sheet. Add the bacon slices to the wire rack and transfer to the oven. Roast for 8-10 minutes, until crisp. Drain on paper towels and when cool, chop into pieces.
  • Trim the ends off of each head of Romaine and slice the heads in half. 
  • Place a Romaine half on each of 4 chilled salad plates and pour 2 or 3 tablespoons of blue cheese dressing on each serving. Divide the bacon, diced onion, tomatoes and crumbled blue cheese equally to each salad.

Notes

Suggested add-on items:

  1. Avocado slices
  2. Crunchy apple cubes
  3. Carrot strips
  4. Slices of roasted chicken
  5. Cold bay shrimp 
  6. Grilled salmon 

Nutrition values exclude the blue cheese dressing

Nutrition

Serving: 1Salad | Calories: 285kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 720mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 7g