I am a creature of habit - so I've made an effort to work at creating good habits. I have this salad type almost every day for lunch , and never tire of it. I love Caesar salads, and the romaine lettuce in them is definitely healthy (better than Iceberg lettuce - the greener the leaves you eat, the better.)  I started eating Caesar salads and then kept adding things to them to get more of a variety of healthy foods all at the same time The flavors in the different ingredients go really well together.





Romaine lettuce, 3-4 leaves

1 Roma tomato

1/6 wedge of avocado, sliced into small pieces

A few "shakes" of grated Parmesan cheese

"Shaved" pieces of Asigo cheese - to your taste. I just shave pieces off of a big chunk of cheese with a paring knife.

2 tablespoons of Lite vinaigrette dressing, I use balsamic vinaigrette, or sun-dried tomato-basil

(whatever you like)

 2 teaspoons of Caesar dressing



Here's the dressings I use that go great together:







Ken's Lite dressing has only 60 calories per 2 tablespoons but pack a punch as far as flavor, while this yummy Caesar dressing has 85 calories per teaspoon - hence why I use both - love the flavor of the Caesar, but don't love the calories.



So a quick rundown of health benefits:

Romaine lettuce - high in Vitamins K, A, and C: good source of fiber, low,low calories

Tomatoes - high in Vitamin C and Lycopene, an antioxidant

Avocado - high in Vitamin E. The "fat" is monounsaturated fat - the good kind which, along with oleic acid, helps to lower cholesterol.

Parmesan cheese - high in Vitamin B12 and protien

Asiago cheese - low in fat, and high in protein



Try this for your lunch or include this as a side salad with your dinner. As a side, the recipe is enough for two.