Mexican Caesar Salad with Pan Seared Flank Steak, Avocado, and Pumpkin Seeds

🧂 Ingredients

• Easy Homemade Caesar Dressing

  * or Your Favorite Bottled Caesar dressing
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 clove garlic

  omit for low FODMAP version
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper

  to taste
• 4 corn tortillas
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

  divided
• 8 cups chopped romaine lettuce

  ~1 large head of lettuce
• 1 avocado
• 4 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
• 1 cup cilantro

  de-stemmed and chopped
• 4 ounces queso fresco or feta cheese
• 1 pound flank steak {optional-omit for vegetarian version}

  omit for vegetarian version
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 Make the dressing {if not using bottled dressing}: In a blender, combine lemon
  juice, egg yolks, 1 clove of garlic and mustard, and blend for approximately 30
  seconds or until smooth. While the blender is running, add the olive oil slowly
  until it is emulsified. Season with salt to taste.
• 3 Brush tortillas with 1 tablespoon olive oil, stack and slice into strips. Place
  tortilla strips on baking sheet, and bake for ~7 minutes or until light golden
  brown. Remove from oven, and set aside.
• 4 Prep the lettuce and toppings: Chop lettuce and place in a salad bowl. Chop
  cilantro, place in a small bowl, and set aside. Peel avocado, cut into slices,
  place on a small serving dish, and set aside. Crumble cheese, place in a small
  bowl, and set aside. Place pumpkin seeds in a small bowl and set aside.
• 5 Heat a large cast iron or saute pan over medium heat. Add the remaining 1
  tablespoon olive oil to the pan. Place flank steak in pan, and sprinkle with
  salt and pepper. Cook for ~ 3-5 minutes, depending upon desired level of
  doneness. Turn steak over, sprinkle with more salt and pepper, and cook for an
  additional 3-5 minutes. Turn off heat, and allow steak to cool in pan for 5
  minutes before slicing.
• 6 Toss salad greens with caesar dressing {if using the homemade dressing, you will
  have leftover dressing}. Place salad greens on 4 serving plates, and serve "taco
  bar" style, allowing everyone to top their salad as desired with steak, avocado,
  cheese, pumpkin seeds, and cilantro.

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