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.
Servings: 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 12 ounces Blue Cheese Dressing
- 4 slices thick-cut bacon
- 2 heads Romaine lettuce
- ½ medium red onion diced
- 16 ounces grape tomatoes sliced in half
- 6 ounces 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:
- Avocado slices
- Crunchy apple cubes
- Carrot strips
- Slices of roasted chicken
- Cold bay shrimp
- Grilled salmon
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
