Salad Meal Prep: Caesar Salad with Mini Chicken Meatballs
Salad Meal Prep is the perfect way to start out your New Year healthy. 45 minutes of prep results in a weeks worth of healthy and delicious lunches. Caesar dressing, homemade croutons and mini chicken meatballs add lots of flavor to the mix.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword salad meal prep
Prep Time 35 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Ingredients
For the Mini Chicken Meatballs:
1lb.ground chicken
1largeegg
1Tbsp.olive oil
1Tbsp.minced garlic
3/4cupshredded Parmesan
3/4cupbread crumbs
1/2tsp.kosher salt
1tsp.pepper
For the Croutons:
2cupscubed French bread, 1/2-inch chunks
1Tbsp.olive oil
1/4tsp.kosher salt
1/4tsp.pepper
1/4tsp.garlic powder
For the Salad:
2hearts of romaine, washed, chopped and dried
Prepared Caesar dressing
Instructions
For the meatballs: preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, mix together ground chicken, egg, olive oil, garlic, Parmesan, bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Using a tablespoon, scoop meatball mixture and roll into a ball. Place on prepared baking sheet. Continue until you have used all the mixture. You should end up with approximately 32 meatballs.
In another bowl, toss together the crouton ingredients. Spread in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake meatballs for 10-12 minutes. Bake croutons for 8-10 minutes.
Meanwhile, divide lettuce between 4 containers. Add desired amount of dressing into a small container.
Once meatballs are cooled, divide evenly among the meal prep containers. Keep croutons in an airtight container at room temperature. Add to the meal prep container the day you are eating it. Store salads in the refrigerator.