Nutrition
Ingredients
- 1 High Protein Salad Croutons
- 1 High Protein Caesar Salad Dressing
- 24 cups Baby Spinach
- 4 servings Vegan Parmesan I used Violife block
Instructions
- Cook High Protein Salad Croutons per recipe link above
- Cook High Protein Caesar Salad Dressing per recipe link above
- For each serving, use about 6 cups of Baby Spinach. Add croutons and salad dressing
- I like to grate some vegan parm on top for extra flavor
Equipment
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Notes
- Follow the soy-free option instructions for the High Protein Croutons.
- Use a soy-free vegan Caesar Dressing – Daiya makes one!
This high protein Caesar salad is great for meal prepping lunches for the week! It’s a low calorie, high protein salad that also packs a good amount of fiber to keep you full! The “croutons” are made out of TVP and are very flavorful. The salad dressing is a homemade high protein Caesar dressing made out of silken tofu! I haven’t had Caesar dressing in awhile but I thought it tasted pretty close! I used baby spinach because it’s my go-to leafy green, but you can use your favorite, or just use Romaine to keep it closer to the classic!
If you’ve never done Mason Jar salads, I recommend that for any salads you’re packing for work. Instead of having to pack multiple containers and keep the dressing separate, you just layer the salad ingredients in the Mason Jar, with the dressing towards the bottom and the lettuce/leafy greens on top, and you just shake it really well when you’re ready to eat it!
This would also be a great side salad for a family dinner! If you’re Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB), you could just leave out the vegan Parmesan, and just add some nutritional yeast instead for extra cheesy flavor!
Ingredients
I apologize for linking to other recipes inside of this recipe. My main goal in all the recipes I post is to keep them clean and concise so that they are quick and easy to use (which is why I keep the recipe card at the top). I also like to keep separate recipe pages for items I think people might want to refer to separately – like salad dressings – so you don’t have to go through an entire salad recipe when all you wanted was the recipe for Caesar dressing. Anyways, sorry, and I hope this is the least annoying of the options available 🙂
- High Protein Salad Croutons – these high protein salad croutons are made out of TVP and seasoned with nutritional yeast, garlic powder, onion powder, etc. They’ve got a similar taste to seasoned croutons, though the texture is a little different. It definitely adds a crispy texture to the salad, which I love! This is the main protein component of the salad, so if you don’t have the ingredients to make these, you should probably add a different protein source – maybe cook tofu or seitan!
- High Protein Caesar Salad Dressing – we make this High Protein Caesar Salad Dressing with silken tofu and a little of seasoning. I think it’s just as good as any store-bought variety but packs in a lot of protein for a fairly low calorie salad dressing option. This recipe does have quite a few ingredients, but I think they are all needed for that classic Caesar Dressing taste!
- Baby Spinach – this is my favorite leafy green for salads, because it tastes nice and neutral and has 40% protein on a calorie basis. If you want to use different greens, you definitely can! I think Romaine is the classic lettuce typically used for Caesar Salads, but I really like spinach 🙂
- Vegan Parmesan – I used a Violife block of parm for this and thinly shaved it, so it looked fancy and I also like getting a decent sized piece in every bite of salad! If you’re trying to eat more WFPB, you can always omit the vegan cheese. You could sprinkle some nooch on the top to bring the cheesy flavor!
Instructions
- Make the High Protein Salad Croutons per the recipe link above.
- Make the High Protein Caesar Salad Dressing per the recipe link above.
- For each serving, I used about 6 cups of baby spinach. Plate the baby spinach/leafy greens, then add the croutons, salad dressing and shaved Parm on top!
- You could also prep these in Mason Jars for easy on-the-go lunches!
Silly Little Haiku
TVP Croutons
High Protein Caesar Salad
Make your own dressing
Author
Protein Deficient Vegan
