High Protein Caesar Salad

Vegan Caesar Salad in a salad bowl.

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 12g | Fiber: 8g
Love a good Caesar Salad, but not all of the calories that come with it? Check out this high protein Caesar Salad!
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Servings 1

Ingredients

Instructions
 

  • Make the High Protein Croutons per recipe link above.
  • Make the High Protein Caesar Salad Dressing per recipe link above.
  • Make the salad with about 5 cups of Romaine lettuce, 1 serving of high protein croutons, 1 serving of high protein Caesar Salad Dressing.
  • Thinly grate some vegan parmesan on top.

Equipment

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Notes

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Soy-free Option:
  • Use a soy-free vegan Caesar Dressing – Daiya makes one!
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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 from high protein bread 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!

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 Croutons – these high protein croutons are made using a high protein no-knead bread that I make almost every week. If you’ve never made bread before, this is a good one to start with because it’s pretty much impossible to screw up!
High protein croutons on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
  • 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!
Vegan caesar dressing in a glass bowl.
  • Romaine Lettuce – I use Romaine to keep it classic, but if you’re looking to add extra protein, vitamins and nutrients, you could definitely swap it for a dark leafy green like spinach or kale and it will still taste amazing!
  • 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.
  • I use about 5 cups of Romaine lettuce.
  • 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!

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High Protein Croutons

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