Boyd’s Famous Caesar Salad

Some foods are classic for a reason. Caesar salad is one of the most popular and well known salads in the world. The ingredients to a Caesar salad are timeless. The preparation is quite simple and yet requires a healthy balance of all the ingredients.This classic salad is basic but genuinely irresistible. Caesar salad Meet the Boyd Family’s homemade Caesar salad. Yes, you can always  buy a boring packaged store-bought version with sub par dressing that tastes like old cardboard or you can try the famous Boyd Family recipe. The Boyd family has mastered every single one of the delicious homemade ingredients over time. Over the years, my family has made the caesar salad recipe easy and quick. It’s so easy you can make the  dressing and the rest of the ingredients at home. The heart of my family’s recipe is the caesar salad dressing. The dressing is made up of nine different ingredients that mix together to create the most delicious dressing possibly imaginable. The parmesan cheese puts a cheesy layer over the insides of the salad. The parmesan creates not only a heavenly smell, but also the fresh taste that comes from only the finest of ingredients. The Romaine hearts are the main part of our salad. The sweet and crunchy part of a head of romaine will make you never want to stop eating. The first bite of our family’s salad will reveal the immense flavor and you will be singing its lofty praises. This salad is so important to our family and it marks the beginning of the holiday season. I have many important childhood memories with my family gathered around the dinner table with our caesar salad to the side, talking with loved ones. The process of making the Boyd Family caesar salad also serves as an activity to do with family and friends. When I think of the Christmas holidays, the images of friends, family and food are what I think of.

Dressing Ingredients 

• 1 medium garlic clove, minced or grated
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
• ¼ cup mayonnaise
• ½ cup Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon anchovy paste or Worcestershire sauce 
• ¼ teaspoon each salt and fresh ground black pepper

Salad Ingredients

• 2 cups of Croutons 
• 3 romaine hearts
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese shavings

Instructions

• For the Salad: Tear the romaine leaves into pieces (or chop them). Top each salad with Parmesan cheese shavings, croutons, and dressing.
• For the dressing: Whisk together the dressing ingredients in a bowl. Store leftovers refrigerated in a covered jar for up to 1 week.
• For the croutons: Tear the bread into pieces instead of slicing it into a cube