This crunchy and refreshing wedge salad is made with iceberg lettuce, juicy tomatoes, crispy bacon and drizzled with a garlicky blue cheese vinaigrette.
Salads are a staple in my diet and are probably on your radar as well if you’re looking to eat healthier, eat more veggies, eat locally, and/or improve your macros. I’ve also found that even my kids enjoy eating salads because they never get bored. Trust me – you don’t have to eat boring salads. Make your own delicious and healthy dressings, experiment with different flavors and textures and have fun with them. I love this wedge salad with bacon and blue cheese vinaigrette to mix up the typical tossed salad. And it’s great for hosting, as you can make the wedges ahead of time and then just serve them with the dressing on the side! No more soft salads.
Ingredients
- For the salad: Lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion and cooked bacon.
- For the vinaigrette: Lemon Juice, Olive Oil, Honey, Garlic, Dijon Mustard, Chili Flakes, Blue Cheese, Salt and Pepper.
How to make a Wedge Salad with Bacon and Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
I like to start by preparing my dressing so it has time to chill in the fridge. Start by pouring your lemon juice into a measuring cup, then grating your garlic with a micro-slicer.
Next add the olive oil and Dijon mustard, stirring frequently to combine.
Stir in the honey.
Finally, season with the chili flakes and a pinch of salt and pepper. Stir until emulsified, then place in fridge to chill.
While the dressing is cooling, take your iceberg lettuce and cut it into 4 wedges.
Thinly slice a red onion and halve the cherry tomatoes.
Next, take some crispy cooked bacon and cut it into smaller pieces. Alternatively, you can just use diced bacon.
Scatter the toppings evenly over the wedges on a plate.
Finish the salad by drizzle the dressing over it and pile some blue cheese on top. Serve and enjoy!
frequently asked Questions
How do you properly eat a wedge salad?
With fork and knife! They’re often served with steaks, so you’d cut them piece by piece with your steak knife.
What kind of salad is a wedge lettuce?
Iceberg lettuce is the only lettuce that grows around itself to form a head that mostly stays together when cut into wedges.
How do you cut lettuce for a wedge lettuce?
Leave the core intact so you don’t cut off the ends, like when you’re slicing lettuce for a salad. Cut the head of lettuce in half straight down the middle, then back into wedges!
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Wedge lettuce with bacon and blue cheese vinaigrette
This crunchy and refreshing wedge salad is made with iceberg lettuce, juicy tomatoes, crispy bacon and drizzled with a garlicky blue cheese vinaigrette.
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Servings:
Blue Cheese Vinaigrette with Garlic
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Arrange pieces of iceberg lettuce on a large platter and sprinkle with chopped onions, tomatoes and bacon bits.
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In a small bowl, whisk together the first seven ingredients of the Garlic Blue Cheese Vinaigrette (everything except the blue cheese). Once emulsified, stir in the blue cheese crumbles before drizzle over the wedge salad to serve.
Portion: 1wedgeCalories: 376kcalCarbohydrates: 19GProtein: 12GFat: 29GSaturated Fatty Acids: 11GCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 680mgPotassium: 465mgFiber: 3GSugar: 14GVitamin A: 1149ieVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 184mgIron: 1mg