As with any salad, many assume that the chicken caesar is always going to be a healthy choice. Even in its simplicity, there are many ways this recipe can end up unhealthy. Keep it as simple as possible, and this Perfect Keto Chicken Caesar will remain the healthy and elegant salad for your midday keto meal.
Romaine Hearts
Let’s start with the unusually versatile foundation of this recipe, romaine hearts. In this recipe, we only use the innermost, smaller leaves of the lettuce head. Although less chlorophyll can be found in the hearts, there is no significant research that suggests more chlorophyll in the outer leaves has more health-supportive properties than the hearts. In fact, romaine hearts still provide the following nutritional benefits:
The important factor to consider here, as always when buying produce or any ingredients for your meal, is to know the source. The last thing we want is to have our lettuce sprayed with pesticide, so seek out the organic produce!
Poultry
Remember that in this diet, we want high fats, moderate protein, and low carbohydrates. One way the chicken caesar can be unhealthy is by using low-quality chicken. Some companies package their poultry with useless terms like “free range” and “cage free” along with claims that you’ve found the healthiest chicken on the market. But don’t be fooled; check out Dr. Anthony’s guide to buying healthy chicken to be sure you’re getting the highest-quality poultry.
Dressing
In the ketogenic diet, we look for the highest-quality ingredients so as to not get thrown off from our targeted macronutrient ratios. It’s easy to get thrown off these ratios with hidden ingredients and additives to what the actual recipe calls for. Salad dressing can be unhealthy when processed carbs are added to get a thicker consistency. The dressing we recommend in this recipe is by Tessamae’s. In comparison to the good ol’ Hidden Valley Ranch dressing we’ve grown up with, Tessamae’s dressing is completely organic and offers more fat with 15g fat, 0 protein, and 0 sugars, while Hidden Valley has 14g fat, 1g protein, and 1g sugar. Not to mention, Hidden Valley’s nutritionhas a list of ingredients most people can’t pronounce –nothing simple about that! Give the Perfect Keto Chicken Caesar a try, and let us know how it turns out in the comments below 🙂
PrintMany assume that the chicken caesar will always be a healthy choice. Read on to avoid the ways to make this recipe unhealthy. Just got to keep it simple!
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