Chicken Caesar Salad - 4.4 net carbs

Here was lunch today - remember this is a high fat diet, so we are not only using a high-fat dressing, but we are NOT going to drain the bacon, we are pouring the bacon grease right on your salad.

This was very filling!

Serves: 1
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Net Carbs - 4.4
Potential Allergens: Meat, dairy
Free of Wheat, Gluten, Eggs, Soy, Sugar, Nuts, no added salt.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup (65ml) chicken breast, roasted, diced
2 strips of Bacon, reduced sodium
4-6 leaves of Romaine lettuce
1/2 cup (125ml) Mozzarella Cheese, full-fat
1 tsp (3ml) Parmesan Cheese, grated
2 tbsp. (30ml) Caesar Dressing (look for 10g fat /1 tbsp)
1/2 tsp (3ml) Chia Seeds

Preparation:
In advance:
The night before, while I was making dinner, I baked the chicken breast at 350 F for 40 minutes. Then I let it cool and diced it up into small pieces. I put the diced chicken into a Rubbermaid container, and froze it. Now I had a week's supply of chicken, ready to go!

At lunch time the next day, I cut up two raw bacon strips into small pieces with kitchen scissors - much easier than after it is cooked.

I begin frying the bacon bits, and once there is some bacon grease in the pan, I toss in 1/4 cup of frozen cooked/diced chicken.

I continue to fry this mixture until it is lightly crisp. (Do not drain bacon)

Then I break up and wash the romaine lettuce. I use a salad spinner to spin dry the lettuce.


Combine as follows:
1. Tear up 1/2 of romaine lettuce and place in salad bowl.

2. Grate 1/2 of full-fat mozzarella cheese in lettuce.

3. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp of full-fat Parmesan cheese onto lettuce

4. Sprinkle 1/4 tsp Chia seeds onto lettuce.

5. Add 1 tbsp of high fat Caesar dressing onto lettuce

6. Add 1/2 of bacon/chicken mixture onto lettuce, including some bacon grease.

Tear up second half of lettuce, and repeat above steps 1-6...

Now I just mix up my salad, and enjoy!

Nutritional Data:
One serving - 489 calories, 38.2g fat, 5.9g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 32.3g protein
Estimated Glycemic Load - 2
Inflammation Factor - 0

For more information:
Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Chicken Caesar Salad

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Photo credit: Catherine McDiarmid-Watt
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Shopping List:
• Comal County Bacon
• Fresh Mozzarella (BelGioioso)
• Grated Parmesan Cheese (OrlandoGreco)
• Bob's Red Mill Chia Seeds
• Newman's Own Creamy Caesar Dressing

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