Easy Salad with Vegan Caesar Dressing
Discover our effortless salad, topped with a delectable vegan Caesar dressing. A nutritious and flavorful choice for a satisfying meal.
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 1 Bunch parsley
- 1 red pepper
- 1 head Romaine lettuce
- 1 tomato
- 1 cucumber
For the dressing:
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 lemon Juice
- 2 teaspoon dijon mustard whole grain
- 2 teaspoon capers
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon pink salt
- ½ Cup water more or less to get thinner or thicker mixture
Instructions
- To start, get your salad base ready by washing and dicing or chopping the parsley, bell pepper, lettuce, tomato, and cucumber. Keep this aside.
- Next, in a small saucepan, combine sunflower seeds and water and bring them to a boil. Allow them to boil for 5 minutes.
- After boiling, transfer the sunflower seeds to a food processor or blender. Add lemon juice, mustard, capers, garlic powder, pink salt, and water, and pulse until a creamy consistency is achieved.
- When ready to serve, layer the salad base, and drizzle Caesar dressing over it. Finally, toss the salad together before serving.
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Notes
- If preparing in advance, save the dressing until just before serving.
- Add croutons and vegan bacon crumbles for additional texture and flavor.
Nutrition
Calories: 447kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 17gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 16gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gSodium: 711mgPotassium: 968mgFiber: 10gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 3742IUVitamin C: 91mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 5mg
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