Caesar Salad recipe for summer

This classic recipe comes to you without croutons deep-fried in cottonseed oil.

The crispy bacon pieces are my (healthy!) crunchy crouton substitute. This is my daughters’ favourite salad and an easy way to get her to HAPPILY eat eggs. Full of healthy fats and protein, this is a great summer salad or perfect for brunch.

I have allowed 2 eggs per person in this recipe but if you are wanting a more protein-rich meal, feel free to increase the number of eggs to 2.5 or 3 per person.

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Ingredients:

Cos (aka romaine) lettuce leaves
4 pastured eggs
1 packet of bacon
2 tablespoons (approx. 20g) Reggiano Parmigiano (parmesan) cheese for sprinkling over salad
Unrefined salt
Cracked pepper

Caesar dressing ingredients:

5 anchovy fillets
4 tablespoons (40g) Reggiano Parmigiano (parmesan) cheese
2 cloves (10g) garlic
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/3 cup of extra virgin cold pressed olive oil

Directions:

Finely grate 60g Reggiano Parmigiano (parmesan) cheese in Thermomix (speed 9, 15 seconds) or hand grater. Put aside 40g for the dressing and 20g for sprinkling over the salad.

Hard boil the eggs by carefully lowering eggs into a saucepan of boiling water, simmering for exactly 8 minutes then straining and running them under plenty of cold water before peeling.

While the eggs are boiling, dice bacon and add to a very hot frying pan (no need to add any oil or fat as bacon is fatty enough) and sauté until crispy, stirring frequently. Alternatively, you can add diced bacon to an oven tray lined with baking paper and bake uncovered at 200C for 25 minutes or until crispy.

To make the Caesar dressing, process in Thermomix (speed 6, 20 secs) or in a small bowl with stick blender all of the dressing ingredients other than the olive oil. Once smooth, slowly drizzle the olive oil with the Thermomix or stick blender still running. If it’s too thick add a little more lemon juice.

Roughly chop the lettuce leaves and arrange in a serving dish. Cut eggs in half and arrange over the lettuce. Scatter the salad with the diced crispy pastured bacon pieces. Drizzle salad with Caesar dressing, sprinkle with additional grated Reggiano Parmigiano (parmesan) cheese, and season generously with cracked pepper and with a small amount of unrefined salt (if any) as bacon and parmesan are salty enough.

Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a side.

Healthy halloween trick or treat bags 2023

Our healthy Halloween bags are breath of fresh air amidst all of the artificial refined ultra -processed crap that floods the streets on 31 October.

As I’ve always said, there’s no such thing as “junk food”. It’s either junk or its food.

For those who wish to offer their munchkins (or unsolicited door knockers) some healthy nutrient-dense real food treats for Halloween, this year we again pull out the goods at Broth Bar & Larder and have our healthy Halloween treat bags ready for pre-order.

In them you will find a selection of some of our best-selling kids’ favourite artisan organic raw treats along with some yummy savoury snacks too (plus some Halloween jokes!):

🎃 2 berry gummies made with mixed berries, gelatin powder and the teeniest amount of maple syrup (less than 1/10 teaspoon per gummy). 
🎃 2 mango gummies (as above but made with mangoes instead of berries). 
🎃 1 mint carob bear made with carob powder, raw cacao butter and therapeutic-grade Young Living peppermint essential oil .... With NO ADDED SWEETENER!!! 
🎃 a 30g pack of our signature activated almonds. Nice to have something savoury in the bag!! Traditionally, trick or treat bags contained nuts. 
🎃 a 30g pack of activated pepitas and goji berries 
🎃 2 choc orange raw dark chocolate segments in which we infuse our signature raw dark chocolate with therapeutic-grade Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 1 choc orange bliss ball infused with therapeutic-grade Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 kid friendly Halloween jokes 😂

All ingredients are certified organic. You won’t find any artificial, fake or processed ingredients in our bags!

As I’ve been saying for well over a decade, it’s not about deprivation, it’s about healthy swaps 🙌🏻

These bags will be available for collection from Broth Bar &  Larder in Bronte from Monday 23 October. You can now pre-order and pre-pay by calling Broth Bar staff on 0421 786 009. Otherwise first in first served from 23rd October.  

Oh,  please keep your treat bags in the fridge as the gummies and chocolate treats need refrigeration as they contain no preservatives!!

 Here's some feedback from one of our Broth Bar regular mums on our Halloween bags from previous years:

“What a wonderful idea!!! Such a relief knowing I’m not the only parent who thinks this whole thing is crazy following northern hemisphere traditions that are not aligned with our earth based seasons as an excuse to sell crap to our community and fill our children with sugar!! It is spring here in Australia!! Flowers blooming, baby animals being born and new Life emerging!! When I was growing up in the northern hemisphere Halloween was about letting go, it was autumn and there were pumpkins everywhere and leaves falling from trees and we honoured our ancestors from our past (hence the scary dead theme of Halloween). Anyone else feel as confused as I do?? What exactly are we programming our children with?? Anyway, thank you Soulla for bringing a healthy real option to the festivities of Halloween. Appreciate everything you offer to our community”

— Lizzy

HAPPY TRICK OR TREATING!!!!! 👻👹😈🎃👽💀