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prep time
5 min
cook time
15 min
ready time
20 min
Keto Bacon Blue Cheese and Pecan Salad
Simple to pull together, this bacon, blue cheese and pecan salad is the perfect marriage of sweet and salty with a tangy twist of blue cheese. Served on a bed of arugula and red cabbage, this vibrant salad is a welcome treat for any dining table.
Ideal for a lazy weekend or to brighten up your working lunch, this salad is packed with flavor and healthful fats.
Net Carbs
4.5 g
Fiber
2.3 g
Total Carbs
6.8 g
Protein
11.8 g
Fats
46.4 g
475 cals
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Ingredients
Bacon
3 medium slice
Pecans
½ cup, halves
Arugula
1 cup
Red Cabbage
1 cup, chopped
Garlic
1 clove
Blue Cheese by Castello
3 ounce
Sour Cream
1 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
1 tablespoon
Olive Oil
¼ cup
Lemon Juice Raw
½ lemon yields
Salt
¼ teaspoon
Black Pepper
⅛ tsp
Recipe Steps
steps 7
20 min
Step 1
Add the pecans to a dry pan over a low/medium heat. Toast for 4-5 minutes until fragrant.Step 2
Add the cabbage and arugula to a large mixing bowl and combine.Step 3
Season the salad and stir through the toasted pecans. Reserve to one side.Step 4
Slice the bacon into small strips and add to a dry pan over a medium heat. Fry gently until crisp.Step 5
To make the dressing, add 1/2 of the blue cheese to a food processor with the olive oil, mayo, lemon juice, garlic and sour cream.Step 6
Season to taste and blend to a smooth liquid.Step 7
To serve, scatter the bacon over the salad and top with the remaining crumbled blue cheese. Drizzle over the dressing to complete.
Comments
RousingMacadamia630681 24 days ago
Will definitely make this regularly. However, I found the salad dressing flavor so strong (in a good way) that the flavor of the bacon and pecans was lost. I might just eat those on the side to enjoy. Lol. I also added half an avocado chopped up for a little bit more substance. If you haven’t made this recipe before, I think it would be fine on any greens. I didn’t have arugula and red cabbage so I put it over a combination of Asian greens, spinach , baby kale raw, etc..
Cece1968 9 months ago
This was so good! I was surprised that this recipe was 3 servings. I made no substitutions. I didn’t use blender I just used a wisk, added few blue cheese crumbles to the top of my salad.
Raging avocado 3 years ago
All this dressing goes in the salad seems like way to much dressing for me I doubled the arugula and cabbage and it was still plenty of sauce
Justafast1 3 years ago
I love blue cheese, bacon and pecans so this definitely made me happy! Plus I struggle with my fat abd this helped a lot! Will probably be eating this for lunch often.
IneffableMacadamia264406 3 years ago
Definitely decent! I used goat cheese instead and I had a lemon garlic dressing leftover from something else.
Sam 3 years ago
I don’t love blue cheese, so I substitute a mild cow’s milk feta cheese. Turns out great.
StellarMacadamia285160 3 years ago
Easy. Delicious!
ExcellentKale868061 3 years ago
Yum. Blue cheese!
Its-a-me! 3 years ago
I’m new to keto and have been finding that most of the recipes are bland. This recipe is the exception- wow! What a delicious flavour punch. If I could rate this 100 stars I would. So, refreshingly good. I’ve been having it all week!
Justafast1 3 years ago
I agree on the bland! If you like beef stroganoff the one they have is quite tasty IMO. :)
StellarMacadamia285160 3 years ago
This blue cheese dressing is addicting! Great salad.
Lcmoody1 3 years ago
Very enjoyable, but I made balsamic vinaigrette dressing for mine...YUM!
KS 3 years ago
Easy to make and very tasty, was amazed how filling this was.
AmazingArugula156864 4 years ago
Very tasty
Sofialopez31 4 years ago
Just had this for lunch! I was a bit afraid of hating it because of the blue cheese (not a big fan) but I most definitely say all the flavours goes absolutely amazing together! Including the blue cheese! I would probably love a bigger size LOL but I take it :D
BrendaSchonig 4 years ago
No Aragula so I just used Spinach
Manonmanon4 4 years ago
I dont like blue cheese but pacans are delicious in this salad
LavenderBlueDilly 4 years ago
The serving info in this recipe is confusing. The salad is delicious but I can’t decide how much to eat of the salad.
Its-a-me! 3 years ago
I found it to be that way as well. I doubled the recipe to eat it all week. It would be nice if it was clearer as to how much of the dressing is 1 serving though. I’m pretty sure I’ll have leftover dressing at the end of the week because I’m trying to not go over.
Julie 4 years ago
It is. I'm going to make the whole dressing recipe and only try to use 1/3 of it. Then going to split the other ingredients into 1/3.
Tom 4 years ago
I like blue cheese
SplendidCauliflower813989 4 years ago
Very tasty just made a few changes less of everything and would recommend a blue cheese that is not too strong.
MsDachshund 3 years ago
I used Gorgonzola instead of blue cheese. Same family of cheese just milder.
mcfalljames 5 years ago
Really tasty! I subbed baby kale for the arugula and cabbage, cut the blue cheese in half and didn't use any crumbles (the dressing is more than enough for me - and I love blue cheese). Also, I didn't have sour cream at the time so I used plain greek yogurt instead. The recipe says 3 servings, but it seems like just 1 serving to me and I'm a small dude.
Sonia 5 years ago
Lunch or side dish? Haven’t tried it yet
daniellegilchrist 5 years ago
Really tasty! I subbed the blue cheese for cheddar because 1, I really dislike blue cheese and 2, blue cheese is often made from mold spores of wheat bread and I'm allergic to wheat. Even in the dressing, the cheddar cheese was tasty! It was milder and had less "bite" than blue cheese dressing would. I'm not a huge salad person, but bacon makes everything better.
Aggiern07 5 years ago
Delicious! the sauce complimented the peppery taste of the arugula. Loved the cabbage crunch. Almost reminds me of a wedge salad. Definitely will be a favorite
Ecerv 5 years ago
Did not like sauce
MaggyCreek 5 years ago
Perfect lunch! Increased arugula and spinach though.