Caesar Salad

How about a good chunky caesar salad as an option for a lighter (excuse the dressing) during the week. My girls do not eat salad so much yet but they love a poached egg, bacon and toast so why not make an amended version for yourselves into something better looking and more tasty, a caesar salad! Nothing wrong with kids eating breakfast for dinner right?  It seems very popular here in fact.

Now this is the fair dinkim' Aussie version of a caesar salad, we don't skimp on the bacon, or the croutons and we definitely need the egg oozy and runny on top.  If you are a die hard anchovy fan, then knock yourself out and add those as well.  It's up to you whether you feel the need for grilled chicken or salmon, or even some smoked salmon but gauging from the size of mine here, it's not really necessary.

Ingredients:
romaine lettuce
chunky bread, toasted or baked and chopped into cubes
parmesan cheese, shaved
smoky bacon
6 anchovy fillets (optional)
1 poach egg per person
grilled chicken, salmon or smoked salmon (additional option)
caesar dressing (store bought is easy)

Method:

• toast the bread in a toaster or on a grill plate, then cut in cubes
• fry the bacon in strips and drain on paper towel
• combine the lettuce, croutons, bacon, anchovy and most of the parmesan cheese in a ziploc bag, pour the dressing in and mix and massage until the leaves are coated to your desired level.
• poach the eggs*.
• serve in a large open bowl with egg on top and top with cracked pepper and sprinkle of parmesan to serve

* a reminder on how to poach an egg?
- Fill a saucepan with water, add a tablespoon or so of white vinegar and boil.
- Once the water has boiled, turn down the heat slightly and crack your egg, gently tipping into the water over itself so it forms around itself.
- Repeat for each egg.