Nothing says fall like a warm goat cheese salad with a warm bacon vinaigrette! I’ve always enjoyed flavorful salads, even before I started eating keto. But in my pre-keto life, I often made my salads too high in carbs by adding dried cranberries or sun-dried tomatoes. This warm salad needs nothing like that. It is delicious and creamy without the carbs!
Ingredients
- ½ pound bacon, diced
- 1 (8-ounce) log fresh goat cheese
- ½ cup pork dust (or pork rinds crushed into a powder)
- 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons coconut vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons avocado oil, MCT oil, or extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 drops stevia glycerite (optional)
- 4 cups leafy greens
- ½ avocado, sliced (optional)
- ½ cup raw walnuts, for garnish (optional; omit for nut free)
How to Make It
- Sauté the diced bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the bacon to a bowl, leaving the drippings in the pan.
- Meanwhile, cut the goat cheese log into 8 medallions that are about ¼ inch thick.
- Place the pork dust in a shallow bowl. Gently roll each goat cheese medallion in the pork dust to cover the medallions.
- In batches, fry the medallions in the hot skillet with the bacon drippings over medium heat for 1 minute or until golden brown, then flip and fry for another minute. Remove the medallions from the skillet and set aside on a plate.
- Add the vinegar, oil, mustard, salt, pepper, and stevia, if using, to the skillet and stir well to combine. Stir in the cooked bacon.
- Plate the greens and avocado slices, if using, on a serving platter and top with the fried goat cheese medallions. Drizzle the bacon vinaigrette over the greens and garnish with walnuts and freshly ground pepper, if desired.
| Nutrition Facts |
Serving Size 1 |
Nutritional Value Per Serving | Calories 766 kcal Calories from Fat: 603 kcal |
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% Daily Value*
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| Total Fat 67 g 191% |
Trans Fat 0.0 g |
carbohydrates 8 g 6% |
Dietary Fiber 4 g 11% |
Protein 36 g 72% |
* Above mentioned %DVs (Percent Daily Values) are based on 2,000 calorie food intake.
DVs (Daily values) may be vary depending upon individuals daily calorie needs. Above nutritional values are estimates and should only be used as a guide for approximation. They are not allfoodchef.com recommendations. Calculations are based on average weight of 194 lbs. and ages of 19 to 50 years. |