Cheeseburger Salad with Bacon Croutons
Servings: 2
Ingredients
For the dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- a small handful roughly chopped pickles I used sugar free bread and butter slices
- a heaping teaspoon of your favorite mustard
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- optional dried onion or garlic powder to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- a splash of your favorite vinegar I used white balsamic
- a splash of salad oil I used sunflower oil
- sweetener to taste your favorite low carb sweetener will work fine
For the salad
- Cooked and seasoned ground beef 1 cup is good for 2 - 3 servings
- 4 slices cooked bacon chopped (I used kitchen scissors)
- salad greens chopped or torn as necessary
- 1 small tomato diced
- 1 small onion sliced into petals
- shredded cheddar cheese
- diced pickles about 1/4 cup
- toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
Make the dressing
- Put the mayo, pickles, mustard, paprika and other seasonings in the bowl of a food processor and blitz until combined. Scrape the sides as needed.
- Add the sweetener and enough vinegar and/or oil to give the dressing a pourable consistency.
- Blitz again and adjust the seasonings to suit.
Assemble the salad
- Brown or reheat the hamburger if necessary.
- Arrange the lettuce on a platter and top with the burger.
- Scatter the "fixings" on top.
- Drizzle on the salad dressing and garnish with the bacon croutons and sesame seeds.