If you are trying to cut sugar out of your diet, this Low Carb Bacon Cheeseburger Salad Recipe is the perfect meal for you. Who needs the bun anyway? You’ll be surprised how much this flavorful salad mimics your favorite burger. A gluten-free
My whole family loves this salad. Not only does it have the perfect crunch (hello dill pickles) it is packed with flavor between the bacon, ground beef and cheese. And the dressing has no added artificial sweeteners, which I tend to shy away from anyway. In fact, this salad won’t taste like anything low carb, it’s just delicious.
I have made lots of “cheeseburger” flavored meals in the past and we still love them. Have you ever tried my Bacon Cheeseburger Soup, Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese or my Cheeseburger Quiche? They’re definitely not low carb, but so delicious. And speaking of delicious, these Cheeseburger Fillo Squares with Copycat Big Mac Sauce get made frequently for game day. You can’t miss with any of these recipes.
However, for weeknight eating, this salad is the perfect meal and let’s me save the “bad eating” for the weekend, when things like sugar don’t count. Right?
What I like about this salad is I don’t have to mix it altogether if I don’t want to. In fact, I often make it and keep the individual ingredients separate. This allows me to throw together a portion at different times of the day. Keeping ingredients separate also helps if you have a household where everyone is on a different eating schedule or you want to pack some up and take for lunch on the go. It’s versatile either way.
Give this salad a chance and make it for dinner this week, I think you’ll like it.
Low Carb Bacon Cheeseburger Salad
Ingredients
Dressing:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons reduced sugar ketchup
- 1-1/2 Tablespoons Heavy Whipping Cream (no carbs)
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
Salad:
- 1 lb ground beef (88/12 lean)
- 2 large heads of romaine lettuce, chopped
- 4 oz sharp cheddar cheese (grate yourself, these are normally no carb)
- 8 dill pickle slices, chopped (Claussen sandwich slices)
- 3/4 cup bacon crumbles
Directions
- For the dressing, combine all ingredients stirring until smooth. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
- For the salad, cook ground beef over med-high heat until done, seasoning with salt and pepper to your liking. Let cool so it not too hot to wilt the lettuce. In a large bowl combine lettuce, cheese, dill pickle, bacon and ground beef. Toss with dressing or serve individually with dressing on the side.
- Serving size: Serves 8 with 2 Tablespoons of dressing each
- Calories: 407
- Fat: 36 g
- Saturated fat: 10 g
- Carbohydrates: 1 g; Net Carbs 0 g
- Sugar: 2 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 83 mg
Darlene says
This sounds delicious! I am going to give it a try! But with ground turkey, I cannot eat beef.
Cathy says
Enjoy it. That will save you some calories too.
Joyce says
It’s a shame . Your salad looks terrific, only one problem. Romaine lettuce! With ecoli running rapid it puts a damper on eating salad . I’ll wait until the scare is over and then I’ll make it for sure.
Cathy says
Use a different lettuce for now.
Jon says
This is very similar to a salad served at Black Bear Diner and they call it Cheeseburger salad too. My wife and I are on the keto diet and this is our go to meal when we eat there.
Cathy says
Is their recipe keto friendly?
Jacqueline says
Clever idea! We rarely eat a burger with a bun anyway anymore and eat kinda a deconstructed burger with “fixins” on the side. I like the salad concept. Looks good! Will try it. Yeah, Romaine off limits for now, but other lettuce/kale/spinach would be good too! My family would love this!
Cathy says
Enjoy.
sue | theviewfromgreatisland says
This is so brilliant I can’t stand it, I Iove the little chopped pickles in there!
Cathy says
Yep, they make it!
Kathy says
Romaine affected is from Arizona . Do not think all romaine is affected or the stores would not be selling it.
Cathy says
Yes, lettuce from Yuma, AZ.