Why do restaurant salads just taste different than at home? They always find the perfect blend flavors and textures with veggies, protein and delicious house-made dressings.
It was my mission to recreate a restaurant worthy salad at home, and this one was a huge success! What makes this salad out-of-this-world delicious is the grated egg and cheese tossed with the perfect amount of veggies and dressing!
Table of Contents
What You’ll Need
- Lettuce
- Eggs
- Cheddar Cheese
- Bacon
- Tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Red Onion
- Croutons
- Ranch Dressing
Tools You’ll Need
How to Make this Recipe
- You’ll need to start with a large bowl big enough to toss the salad.
- Grated boiled eggs and cheese is the secret weapon to this salad! The texture along with the lettuce, veggies and crushed croutons is incredible.
- Once the salad components are added to the bowl, pour about ¼-1/3 cup of dressing on top. Toss with tongs until everything is blended well. Add more dressing if you’d like.
- Pour in a serving bowl and serve as meal starter or side dish.
Tips and Substitutions
- Add or omit veggies selections as desired.
- Homemade or high-quality store-bought dressing yields a more delicious salad blend.
- The dressing can be served on the side, but the blend of it tossed with the dressing sets this salad apart from others.
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Loaded Restaurant Salad
Side salads and entrée salads at a restaurant are always top notch! It was my mission to replicate one at home…and this one was a success!
Servings: 6 Servings
Ingredients
- 10 cups lettuce chopped romaine and spring mix
- 3 boiled eggs grated
- 4 oz cheddar cheese grated
- ½ cup cooked and crumbled bacon
- 6 oz cherry tomatoes halved
- ¾ cup diced cucumber
- ½ cup sliced red onion
- ½ cup crushed croutons
- Ranch Dressing amount as desired
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine lettuce, egg, cheese, bacon, cherry tomatoes, cucumber red onion and croutons. Pour desired amount of dressing on top. Toss until incorporated well.
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Carrie
This salad is so so so good! Made it Friday night for company and they loved it so I made it again Saturday night! Thanks Laura!
Laura Ashley
AWESOME!! I'm so happy you like it so much and that it's been a repeat! THANK YOU!!