Keto Caesar Salad

This is one of my absolute favorite Keto meals — it is quick to make, requires no cooking, and it tastes delicious!

Many people think that regular Caesar Salad is already keto-friendly, and it often is… but those tasty croutons that often come on top have a surprising amount of carbs!  We don’t want to miss out on the crunch, so instead of croutons, I add some really tasty seeds and nuts to the mix.  They’re darn good.  My favorites are pine nuts, roasted/salted pumpkin seeds, roasted/salted sunflower seeds, and hemp seeds.  Trust me, you won’t miss the croutons.

For protein, you can add hard-boiled eggs (buy the pre-cooked ones in the store if you’re lazy like me), chicken, salmon, turkey, salami, or anything else you want.  Or you can skip the extra protein and just go with the cheese and the seeds — they already have plenty of protein, and we don’t want to overdo the protein on Keto anyways.

For extra flavor, I add in some Italian seasoning (the dried mix you can buy in any supermarket) and some olive tapenade.  They’re totally optional, but are super easy ways to jazz it up a bit and provide some extra tang and zip to the mix.  The salty and briny mix of the tapenade, seeds, salt, pepper, and caesar dressing has some great umami flavor.

I literally eat this multiple times per week as an entree salad for dinner, mixing up the combination of seeds, proteins, and seasonings to keep things interesting.  And I haven’t gotten bored yet!

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