This past summer we visited a family friend in Traverse City, MI for the weekend and he made one of the most simple, yet delicious meals I’d had in a while. He made grilled romaine and it was honestly life changing. It’s a healthy, yet satisfying dish that you will love!
This dish is super cheap to make – only 5 ingredients! I mostly eat this by itself or as a starter. I enjoy this on its own, but I’ve also thrown on toppings in the past (depending on what I’m feeling that day). Feel free to add bacon bits, feta cheese, or just about anything you can think of! I’ve even had this with leftover steak bites on the side and it was superb.
You don’t necessarily need organic romaine, but it’s what I use:
Ingredients:
Serves: 2 (for every person eating, you’ll need to add 1 romaine head)
- 2 organic romaine hearts
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Montreal steak seasoning
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
Directions:
- Pre-heat oven on low broil.
- Get out a cutting board. Cut each romaine heart in half. I also like to trim the top of each half and take off the loose/flimsy part of the lettuce. You can still cook the flimsy lettuce with the halves!
- Get out separate bowl/cup and pour in your olive oil and balsamic vinegar (I like to add tons of balsamic for more flavor). Mix them together. If you run out, you can always make more. I don’t use measurements for this recipe.
- Use a brush of some sort and spread the balsamic vinegar + olive oil mix a l l over the romaine halves. I drench mine – the more balsamic, the better!
- Put the romaine halves on a sprayed cookie tray and place in the oven.
- Broil romaine on low for 2-5 minutes, or until your liking. I like mine more well done before I add the seasoning and cheese.
- Take lettuce out and season well with Montreal steak seasoning and add a ton of shredded mozzarella to taste. Place back in oven.
- Broil on low for 2-5 minutes. If you want more of a char taste, cook longer. Keep an eye on them because you can never trust the broil too much!
- Serve it up!
This can easily be done on the grill (I prefer it that way), but if you don’t have access to a grill, this is a good alternate option.
If you get the chance to make grilled romaine, let me know! It tastes a lot better on a grill, but since we aren’t allowed to use grills at our college apartment, we have to settle for the broiler which does an amazing job too, and still tastes amazing.
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Thanks for reading!
Happy eating,
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