Individual Wedge Salads

Wedge salads are a fun starter to serve with any pasta dish! If you've never made them before, try out this recipe for simple wedge salads.  They are a bit of a splurge, especially when you are already eating a points plus heavy pasta dish.  However, they are a delicious combo of ingredients!

Servings: 6
Size: 1 individual salad
Points Plus: 5pp
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: n/a

Ingredients:
1 head of iceburg lettuce
1 pint of cherry tomatoes, quartered
3 slices of bacon
Crumbled blue cheese (1 oz. per salad)
Light blue cheese dressing (1 1/2 Tbsp. per salad)

Directions:
Wash and prep the lettuce by cutting the head of lettuce into individual portions; plate onto small salad plates.  Wash and quarter the cherry tomatoes.  Dice the bacon slices and cook on your stovetop until crispy.  Blot with paper towels to remove extra grease from the bacon.  Assemble your salads by drizzling salad dressing on each serving of lettuce.  Sprinkle the bacon bites (divided evenly across all 6 salads), crumbled blue cheese (1 oz. per salad)  and cherry tomatoes on top of each salad and serve immediately.

Tip:
Before you cook the bacon, make sure you dice the slices into smaller pieces.  This will not only save time, but will be much easier than trying to dice up piping hot bacon!  Your fingers will be thankful they aren't burnt in an attempt to finish up the wedge salads. :)

XOXO Megan