Salad

Salad!!
 Did you know that the average amount of calories that salad contains is 106? Well, the reason salad has a high nutrition value is because there are all sorts of vegetables . Salad is one of the many nutritional meals that Americans eat. Salad is a healthy meal but in order for it to be good for you, you have to be careful on how much and what kind of dressing you put on it. A fattening dressing is bad to put on your salad. The best dressing to put on a salad is a nonfat, low-calorie dressing. A basic salad usually contains lettuce, tomatoe, carrots, and dressing. Although if you want to have a more flavorable salad here is a delicious salad recipe...

Caesar Salad Recipe

Prep time: 30 minutes

If you have a concern about the raw eggs called for in this recipe, you can use pasteurized eggs, or you can coddle the eggs first by immersing them in boiling water for 1 minute, before cracking them open. If you don't have anchovies available, add a teaspoon of worcestershire sauce to the dressing.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup high quality extra virgin olive oil
• 4 cloves fresh garlic, peeled, smashed, then minced
• 1 baguette, preferably a day old, sliced thin
• 1/4 cup freshly juiced lemon juice (plus more to taste)
• 4 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 teaspoon anchovy paste, or 1-2 anchovies, smashed and minced
• 2 eggs
• Freshly ground black pepper (1/4 teaspoon or to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4-6 small heads of romaine lettuce, rinsed, patted dry, wilted outer leaves discarded

Method

1 In a very large bowl, whisk together the olive oil and garlic. Let sit for half an hour.

2 While the oil is sitting, make the croutons. Spread the baguette slices out over a baking sheet (may need to do in batches), lined with parchment paper or Silpat. Brush or spray with olive oil (or melted butter, or if you want garlicky croutons, dip pastry brush in the garlic infused oil you have sitting in step 1). Broil for a couple of minutes until the tops are lightly browned. (Note: do not walk away, these can easily go from browned to burnt.) Remove and let cool.
The steps up until this point can be made ahead.

3 Add anchovies and eggs to the oil garlic mixture. Whisk until creamy. Add salt and pepper and 1/4 cup of lemon juice. Whisk in half of the Parmesan cheese. Taste, add more lemon juice to taste. The lemon should give an edge to the dressing, but not overwhelm it.

4 Using your hands, tear off chunks of lettuce from the heads of lettuce (do not use a knife to cut). Add to the oil mixture and toss until coated. Add the rest of the Parmesan cheese, toss.
5 Coarsely chop the toasted bread and add (with the crumbs from the chopping) to the salad. Toss. Serve immediately.
Serves 4-6 for a main course or up to 8-12 for a side salad.