Raw Vegan Caesar Salad...or The Best Salad I've Ever Had

When it comes to salad you can go basic or bulk. Both have the potential to be amazing, but basic is usually a side salad, and bulk will more often than not be the main course.
I used to eat a lot of Caesar Salad back in the day, so I definitely feel confidant in my skepticism. I also feel confidant in calling this one of the best salads I've ever had, in spite of it being fairly simple and basic. That's the wonderful thing about a really tasty Caesar Salad; it only needs dressing and lettuce.

At the moment I'm having a difficult time not eating this for breakfast, lunch and dinner -- and that's not normal food behavior for me! I get bored with recipes fairly quickly, so when a dish is made that I can't get enough of, precautions must be taken. Otherwise I could get burnt-out.

In other words; I'm out of romaine lettuce so I'm going to the grocery store as soon as I finish this post!

Important Note About This Recipe

Wait to add the dressing to the Salad until right before you serve it, otherwise you'll end up bringing a pile of not-so-pleasant greens to your family party or barbecue. Once the salad has been tossed with the dressing announce very loudly to everyone in the room (sort of kidding here) - and it'll be gone before you know it! 

AtV Caesar Salad

yields roughly 5 to 6 side servings, or 2 to 3 generous servings

Step 1.

Making your Dressing

Into a small mixing bowl combine the following:

1/2 c AtV Sour Cream

1/4 c Water

4 Tbsp Grape seed Oil

2 Tbsp Lemon Juice

1 heaping tsp Onion powder

1 heaping tsp Nutritional yeast

1 tsp Garlic Granules //or// 1/2 minced Garlic

1/2 tsp Kelp Powder //or// Kelp Granules

1/4 tsp Black Pepper

1/4 tsp Salt

Whisk everything together.

Store in an air tight container in your fridge for at least one hour - this is important as the flavors of the dressing will develop during this time.

Step 2.

Making your Salad 

3 heads of Romaine Lettuce - chopped

Using a small toothed or what I like to call "baby grater", proceed to grate:

1/4 c Macadamia Nuts

You should end up with a fluffy nutty pile of yumminess (seen above).

Into your giant bowl of chopped Romaine Lettuce add the following:

All of your grated Macadamia Nut

2 tsp Nutritional yeast

1/2 tsp Black Pepper

Mix together Evenly!

Now it's time to add the dressing...

All of your Dressing into the bowl of Lettuce...

I like to pour about half of the dressing in, mix it well, and pour the rest it. This ensures an evenly dressed salad.

Before I go I wanted to give a very BIG hello and thank you to all of the wonderful new support that AtV has gained through Pinterest! 

I hope you'll keep coming back, you've been making my kitchen adventures even more inspired than usual.

xoxo,

Sarahfae - AtV