Recipes
Caesar Salad
Ingredients:
Makes 6 servings, serving size: 1 cup (250 mL)
This Caesar is on the mild side, but you can increase the amounts of garlic, mustard and Worcestershire sauce if you like.
Tip:
- If you like anchovies in your Caesar salad, you can substitute them for all or part of the bacon (replace 1 slice bacon with 1 finely chopped anchovy fillet). Add them with the garlic.
1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1
¼ tsp salt 1 mL
¼ tsp dry mustard 1 mL
¼ cup light mayonnaise 60 mL
2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 30 mL
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 5 mL
4 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled 4
1 large head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces 1
1 cup toasted bread cubes 250 mL
1 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese 15 mL
Instructions:
1. In a large salad bowl, combine garlic, salt, mustard, mayonnaise, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce.
2. Add bacon, romaine, bread cubes and Parmesan; toss well.
Notes:
Nutritional Analysis per Serving: Calories 101, carbohydrate 8g, fiber 2g, protein 4g, total fat 6g, saturated fat 1g, sodium 356mg, cholesterol 10mg.
Canada’s Choice per Serving: 1 Fat, 1 Extra
Recipe reprinted with permission from Canada’s 250 Essential Diabetes Recipes, Sharon Zeiler, Robert Rose Inc., 2011, http://www.robertrose.ca