Why This Salad Is So Good
This Kale Caesar Salad with homemade Caesar dressing is creamy, rich, and tangy. It’s filled with crunchy bites of fresh croutons and slices of parmesan.The homemade Caesar dressing is effortlessly made by processing the ingredients in a food processor!
Chef’s Tips
Use an immersion blender: For a super easy Caesar salad dressing, you can use the same ingredients, but process with an immersion blender, following the steps in my Whole30 Caesar Dressing recipe.Use prepared mayonnaise: Out of a neutral oil and eggs? Replace the egg yolks and oil with 3/4 cup mayonnaise.Make it vegan or vegetarian: Making Caesar salad dressing vegetarian or vegan is surprisingly simple. Just follow the substitutions on the Minimalist Baker’s 5-Minute Vegan Caesar Dressing recipe.Making great croutons: Tearing instead of cutting the bread helps gives the croutons their crispy texture and provides lots of nooks and crannies for the dressing to fill.Tender kale: Use your hands to incorporate the dressing and “massage” the leaves during this process. This helps produce more tender raw kale leaves.Topping the salad: Use parmesan cheese shaved with a vegetable peeler to top your kale Caesar salad. The homemade Caesar dressing is the star of the show, and grated parmesan can take away from the flavor and make the dressing too clumpy.
More Salads And Dressings You’ll Love
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