Occasionally, culinary experiments explode into triumphant success—or at least something that won’t make your dinner guests fake food poisoning to escape early. Such is the case with our salad recipe, which sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry but will actually make your taste buds high-five each other.
While our broad collection of dressing recipes on this blog includes everything from “Aunt Mildred’s Blue Cheese That Makes Children Cry” to “Thousand Island for People Who Can’t decide,” this Lemon Honey Mustard concoction is to die for. One bite and you’ll wonder if your tongue just joined a cult—it’s that convincing. Your other salads will now seem like sad piles of lawn clippings by comparison.
Please Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 3 Romaine Hearts
- 1 Cup Shredded Swiss Cheese
- 1/2 Cup Shredded Parmesan Reggiano Cheese
- 10 Slices of Bacon
- 1 Cup Toasted Sliced Almonds
- 1 Pint Grape Tomatoes
- 1 1/2 Cups Croutons
Dressing
- 1/3 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 Minced Cloves of Garlic
- 3/4 Cup Light Olive Oil
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Honey
- 1 Teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 3/4 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon Black Pepper
Directions
- Cook bacon and then crumble it.
- Chop Romaine hearts into inch or smaller pieces.
- Shred cheeses.
- Cut tomatoes in half.
- Combine all the salad ingredients, then prepare the dressing.
- Put all dressing ingredients in a separate bowl and whisk them together.
- Pour dressing on top of the salad, then toss and serve.
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