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Hearts of Lettuce with Thousand Island Dressing
Hearts of Lettuce with homemade Thousand Island Dressing is a vintage salad that deserves a comeback!
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 338 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 head iceberg lettuce
- 4 strips of bacon, cook crisp and crumbled
Thousand Island Dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise (homemade is best!) Homemade recipe here.
- 1 Tbsp chili sauce
- 1 Tbsp ketchup
- 1 Tbsp (heaping) finely minced white onion
- 1 Tbsp (heaping) finely minced red bell pepper
- 1 Tbsp (heaping) relish, sweet or dill
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp prepared horseradish, or horseradish cream
- Several squirts of Tabasco, to taste (use your favorite hot sauce)
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 pinch celery seed
- 2 pinches paprika
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
Thousand Island dressing
- To make the dressing, mix all the ingredients together. Taste as you go to get the exact proportions the way you like them. Refrigerate the dressing until you are ready to use it. Make it ahead to give the flavors a chance to develop and mingle.
Cup of Yum
wedge salad
- For the salad, take a nice tight head of iceberg or bibb lettuce and cut it in quarters. Cut out the core and put each wedge on a salad plate and spoon the Thousand Island dressing liberally on top. Garnish with lots of crumbled bacon.
Nutrition Information
Calories
338kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
5g
(2%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
34g
(52%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
18g
Monounsaturated Fat
9g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
25mg
(8%)
Sodium
453mg
(19%)
Potassium
201mg
(6%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
575IU
(12%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
26mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 338
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 338kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 5g | 2% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 18g | 106% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 25mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 453mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 201mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 575IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.