Veggie Caesar Salad

Just made this quick & delicious Veggie Caesar Salad for lunch. I topped it with pan fried smoked tofu and homemade croutons. My not-so-secret ingredient in the dressing and croutons? Nutritional yeast. Mmmmm so much better than it sounds 😂. Can easily be replaced with Parmesan if you don’t have any on hand. So good… I may just have it again for dinner 😬🤣.

Ingredients

• 1 large head Romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 block smoked tofu, cubed and pan fried
• For Croutons
• 1 Cup bread, roughly torn
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ½ tsp oregano, dried
• Salt & pepper, to taste
• For Dressing
• ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 clove garlic
• ½ tsp capers
• 3 Tbsp nutritional yeast
• ½ tsp oregano
• Salt & pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut/ tear bread into chunks and place in large bowl. Toss with nutritional yeast, oil, garlic powder, oregano, salt and pepper. Bake for 10 minutes, flip and bake for another 5 minutes oruntil golden and crisp.
2. Combine all dressing ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
3. Pan fry tofu over medium heat.
4. Toss lettuce in dressing and add croutons. Top with tofu & serve.