chopped salad with creamy basil dressing
It’s salad time! And make it a chop.
Head lettuce, roma tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, just-ripe avocados, and crispy bacon, all topped with a homemade, creamy, basil dressing. It’s like summer in a bowl.
Ingredients:
2 heads of lettuce, outer green leaves chopped, core discarded
3 roma tomatoes, chopped
1 cucumber, peeled and chopped
1 avocado, peeled, pitted and chopped
2 green onions, sliced
6 strips of cooked bacon, crumbled
1 egg
1 clove garlic, smashed
2 green onions, rough chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp dijon
juice of 1 lemon
avocado oil
large handful of basil, about 20 leaves or so
Directions:
Combine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, bacon, and sliced green onions together in a large bowl.
In a 2-cup mason jar, or similar glass container, add egg, garlic, rough chopped green onions, salt, dijon and lemon juice. Add avocado oil to the 1 cup mark. Then add basil.
Use an immersion blender, to slowly combine and emulsify dressing, similar to making mayo.
Pour dressing over salad and toss to combine.