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Healthy Caesar Salad
This healthy version of Caesar salad has great flavor. For a complete dinner you can add cooked chicken breasts and toss in salad.
Healthy Caesar Salad Prep and Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
  • 2 large head romaine lettuce, outer leaves removed & discarded
  • * optional: 1/4 cup walnuts
  • Dressing:
  • 2 TBS tahini
  • 1 2 oz can anchovies, drained of oil, rinsed and chopped (optional)
  • 4 medium cloves garlic, chopped
  • 3 TBS lemon juice
  • 2 TBS balsamic vinegar
  • 2 TBS extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and cracked black pepper to taste
  • .

Directions:

  1. Rinse lettuce, cut into bite size pieces, and dry. Try to get lettuce as dry as possible so dressing is not diluted. It is best to use a salad spinner if you have one.
  2. Blend dressing ingredients together for 1-2 minutes, drizzling the olive oil in at the end a little at a time. Toss romaine lettuce with desired amount of dressing. Add walnuts and chicken if desired. There will be dressing left over, which will keep very well in your refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Serves 4

Make sure your lettuce is well dried so you don't dilute the dressing.

Nutritional Profile

Healthy Caesar Salad
1.00 serving
(68.65 grams)
Calories: 45

NutrientDRI/DV

 chromium22%

 folate20%

 vitamin C20%

 manganese17%

 vitamin A16%

 copper8%







 selenium5%

 protein5%

 vitamin E5%

 iron5%

 potassium4%

 biotin4%

 fiber4%

 calcium4%

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In order to better help you identify recipes that feature a high concentration of nutrients for the calories they contain, we created a Recipe Rating System. This system allows us to highlight the recipes that are especially rich in particular nutrients. The following chart shows the nutrients for which Healthy Caesar Salad is either an excellent, very good, or good source (below the chart you will find a table that explains these qualifications). If a nutrient is not listed in the chart, it does not necessarily mean that the recipe doesn't contain it. It simply means that the nutrient is not provided in a sufficient amount or concentration to meet our rating criteria. (To view this recipe's in-depth nutritional profile that includes values for dozens of nutrients - not just the ones rated as excellent, very good, or good - please use the link below the chart.) To read this chart accurately, you'll need to glance back up to see the ingredients used in the recipe and the number of serving sizes provided by the recipe. Our nutrient ratings are based on a single serving. For example, if a recipe makes 4 servings, you would be receiving the nutrient amounts listed in the chart by eating 1/4th of the combined ingredients found in the recipe. Now, returning to the chart itself, you can look next to the nutrient name in order to find the nutrient amount it offers, the percent Daily Value (DV%) that this amount represents, the nutrient density that we calculated for this recipe and nutrient, and the rating we established in our rating system. For most of our nutrient ratings, we adopted the government standards for food labeling that are found in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "Reference Values for Nutrition Labeling." Read more background information and details of our rating system.

Healthy Caesar Salad
1.00 serving
68.65 grams
Calories: 45

Nutrient Amount DRI/DV
(%)
Nutrient
Density
World's Healthiest
Foods Rating
chromium 7.84 mcg 22 8.9 excellent
vitamin C 15.00 mg 20 8.0 excellent
folate 78.66 mcg 20 7.8 excellent
manganese 0.40 mg 17 6.9 very good
vitamin A 146.53 mcg RAE 16 6.5 very good
copper 0.07 mg 8 3.1 good
molybdenum 3.48 mcg 8 3.1 good
phosphorus 49.17 mg 7 2.8 good
vitamin B3 1.10 mg 7 2.7 good
vitamin B1 0.08 mg 7 2.7 good
vitamin B2 0.08 mg 6 2.4 good
omega-3 fats 0.14 g 6 2.3 good
iron 0.98 mg 5 2.2 good
selenium 2.67 mcg 5 1.9 good
protein 2.32 g 5 1.8 good
vitamin E 0.69 mg (ATE) 5 1.8 good
biotin 1.28 mcg 4 1.7 good
potassium 197.49 mg 4 1.7 good
fiber 1.15 g 4 1.6 good
calcium 38.50 mg 4 1.5 good
World's Healthiest
Foods Rating
Rule
excellent DRI/DV>=75% OR
Density>=7.6 AND DRI/DV>=10%
very good DRI/DV>=50% OR
Density>=3.4 AND DRI/DV>=5%
good DRI/DV>=25% OR
Density>=1.5 AND DRI/DV>=2.5%

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