Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with avocado and a light yogurt dressing, a healthier version of the classic caesar salad. Super quick and easy to make, this is a great recipe for a work lunch or light dinner.

If you like the classic Caesar Salad (and it's indeed delicious), you will love this lighter, healthier, and super yummy grilled chicken avocado caesar salad.

As much as I like mayo, it's not quite the healthiest option if you want to enjoy a guilt-free salad dressing. It does make it richer, more flavourful, but also heavier, and it kind of defeats the purpose of eating a salad. I mean, salads are supposed to be healthy, right?

So I swapped the mayo for Greek yogurt, which is super silky, and brings a subtle creaminess to the dressing. Forget about store-bough packed Caesar salad, it's rather expensive, and nowhere near as tasty as your homemade one.

Jump to:

• What ingredients go into a Caesar salad
• How to make a grilled chicken Caesar salad
• A healthy Caesar salad dressing
• Variations

What ingredients go into a Caesar salad

The very basic recipe calls for lettuce, croutons, parmesan, dressing and seasoning. Simple ingredients, but together they make one of the most delicious salads.

And making it at home it's super easy and quick. I absolutely loved this salad, and it tastes just like the real.

The classic recipe can be tweaked to your own liking: the addition of avocadoes add a touch of freshness and ups the nutritional value, but any other veggies can be added to.

How to make a grilled chicken Caesar salad

If you want to add chicken to make the caesar salad more filling, and even more delicious, grilling it is the best (and healthiest) way.

• Cut the chicken breast into chunks, add them to a re-seable bag together with the garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper and olive oil.
• Shake well to coat evenly, add to a heated grill pan, and grill for about 6-7 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
• All is left to do is add the chicken to a bowl together with the lettuce, avocados, croutons and dressing, and one superb salad is here for you.

A healthy Caesar salad dressing

Now, that's simple. All we need to do is mix all the ingredients together: Greek yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic, black pepper and parmesan cheese.

The sauce is tangy, sharp, but creamy at the same time, and it goes wonderfully well with the crispiness of the croutons, the freshness of the lettuce, and the tender grilled chicken.

I think the dressing has the right amount of sharpness, but anchovies can be added too for that extra kick.

Variations

This healthy salad is absolutely delicious, and a must-try summer recipe. It goes well on its own, or as a nice side to any roast or roast substitute.

For a vegetarian version, just omit the chicken, or swap it for chicken-style quorn that will add a nice touch too.

If you don't mind a richer touch, you can add mayo instead of yogurt, or half mayo half yogurt, that's another good combo.

For an extra sharpness, you can add half a teaspoon of dijon mustard. It's such a simple recipe, but so delicious too.

Avocadoes might be an unusual choice, but it works so well! If you like avocadoes in salads, how about my Healthy Avocado Shrimp Salad? The shrimp/prawns can be replaced with grilled chicken too. Or a nice vegetarian version in my Cucumber Tomato Avocado Feta Salad Recipe. Do give them a go!

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