Caesar Dense Bean Salad
This high-protein salad is for the Caesar lovers! This salad’s base is kale, which holds up all week long without getting soggy, and includes cannellini beans, chickpeas and grilled chicken, with a greek yogurt dressing to coat it!
This recipe makes approx. 8 servings (1 ½ cups each) packs about 350 calories, 30 grams of protein, and 6 grams of fibre per serving! Perfect for an easy lunch all week or an easy supper. My favourite thing to do with them is add them to a tortilla and have a high-protein wrap to mix it up!
If you’ve never been a kale lover, just know 1 serving of this salad gives you your daily requirement of vitamin k, with lots of vitamin c and a, as well! Kale is known as an “insoluble fibre” which basically acts like “roughage” in your stomach, which improves digestion, and when paired with beans, that are soluble fibres, the combo makes you feel full for long periods of time, and allows you to easily digest!
Caesar Dense Bean Salad
Ingredients
Instructions
- Butterfly the chicken breasts by slicing them in half (like opening a book.) Then drizzle them with a little olive oil, and season with salt, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder and a squeeze of lemon. Rub the seasonings into the chicken.
- Heat a medium pan on medium-high heat. Sear the chicken about 6 minutes per side or until fully cooked (internal temp 165). They cook pretty fast because they're thin! Allow to cool for 10 minutes before dicing into small pieces.
- For the bacon, preheat the oven to 400 F. Lay the bacon on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and bake for 20-25 minutes or until crispy. Dab with paper towel and dice finely.
- Remove the kale leaves from the stems and wash and drain them. Dice finely into bite-sized pieces and then add to a large bowl. Add a pinch of salt, a drizzle of olive oil, and optionally, a little lemon juice. Using your hands, massage the kale until it becomes a deep green colour and has decreased about 1/2 in size.
- Add your beans, capers, pickled onions, pepperoncinis, shaved parmesan, diced bacon and chicken, and hemp hearts.
- To make the dressing, blend all ingredients until smooth.
- Dress the salad with the caesar dressing and enjoy! I like to divide up the servings into air-tight deli containers and grab them all week. It will stay fresh for up to 4 days in the fridge if stored properly!
