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Loaded Wedge Salad + 15 Stay-at-Home Date Night Ideas

February 15, 2018 by Emily Hill 11 Comments

This loaded wedge salad features iceberg wedges topped with blue cheese dressing, red onion, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. And it’s easier to make than you think!

Loaded Wedge Salad -- This loaded wedge salad features iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing, red onion, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. It's easier to make than you think! | halfscratched #recipe #salad

Thank you Idahoan® Steakhouse® Soups for sponsoring this post. Treat your SOUP-er significant other to a delicious meal!

I don’t know if you remember but back in December I shared a recipe for light and fluffy one-hour dinner rolls that paired perfectly with Idahoan® Steakhouse® Soups. Well guess what? I’ve come up with another side dish that pairs perfectly with those hearty, ready-in-five-minutes soups: loaded wedge salad.

Idahoan Steakhouse Soups

You can see that amazing wedge salad hiding out in the background, and even though you haven’t seen it close up (yet), I bet you can tell it’s one seriously mouthwatering salad. Because it totally is.

But first a little refresher about Idahoan Steakhouse Soups because they fit perfectly into a stay-at-home date night.

Idahoan Steakhouse Soups

Idahoan Steakhouse Soups

Idahoan Steakhouse Soups are available in four delicious varieties: Loaded Potato, Creamy Potato, Cheddar Broccoli, and Cheddar Potato. These restaurant-style soups bring together real, red Idaho® potatoes with flavorful seasonings and rich cheeses to provide a creamy taste in every spoonful—all you have to do is add water. Well, boiling water. But five minute after you whisk in the soup mix, you have a potato soup that makes for an easy and delicious date night dinner.

Idahoan Steakhouse Soups

Throw in the aforementioned wedge salad and rolls for a complete meal that will have you wondering why you ever leave the house for date night.

Loaded Wedge Salad -- This loaded wedge salad features iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing, red onion, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. It's easier to make than you think! | halfscratched #recipe #salad

I mean, just look at that salad. It’s loaded with all kinds of goodies like red onion, tomato, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and even pecans.

Loaded Wedge Salad -- This loaded wedge salad features iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing, red onion, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. It's easier to make than you think! | halfscratched #recipe #salad

You can jazz up this loaded wedge salad even more by quick-pickling the onions to reduce their strong taste while turning them a vibrant pinkish purple. Follow up that clever move by tossing the tomatoes in kosher salt to help drain excess liquid and concentrate their flavor.

Loaded Wedge Salad -- This loaded wedge salad features iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing, red onion, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. It's easier to make than you think! | halfscratched #recipe #salad

Now that you have your date-night dinner ready, don’t forget to plan a delicious dessert! This decadent triple chocolate bundt cake is one of my most requested recipes as are these salted caramel bars.

Here are 15 fun stay-at-home date night ideas:

  • Watch a chick flick from your high school days.
  • Give each other a pedi including a nice foot soak and exfoliation; boys may pass up the polish but I bet they won’t pass up the soak!
  • Dip strawberries in chocolate and then eat them for dessert.
  • Play board games; Twister is always a good date night activity!
  • Play hide-and-go-seek.
  • Bring out your inner artist with a classic paint-by-number project.
  • Try your voices at karaoke.
  • Wash and detail your cars; don’t forget matching air fresheners!
  • Finger paint with pudding.
  • Write silly poems for each other.
  • Build a mini version of your home out of LEGOs.
  • Bust a move playing Just Dance.
  • Build a blanket fort and watch Netflix on a laptop or tablet; don’t forget the popcorn!
  • Start & finish a 1000-piece puzzle.
  • Create a nostalgic Spotify playlist and share your favorite childhood stories while listening to it.

And here’s the recipe for that perfect soup side dish, the loaded wedge salad. Enjoy!

5 from 3 votes
Loaded Wedge Salad -- This loaded wedge salad features iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing, red onion, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. It's easier to make than you think! | halfscratched #recipe #salad
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Loaded Wedge Salad
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

This loaded wedge salad features iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing, red onion, tomatoes, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecans. It's easier to make than you think!

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Emily Hill
Ingredients
  • 2 roma tomatoes, diced
  • 1 red onion, diced
  • 1/2 cup real bacon pieces
  • 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles
  • 1/2 cup pecan pieces
  • 1 head iceberg lettuce, outer leaves discarded, quartered lengthwise so each quarter hold together
  • 1 bottle Blue cheese dressing
Instructions
  1. Arrange iceberg wedges on individual salad plates; drizzle dressing over each. Sprinkle tomatoes, onion, bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and pecan pieces evenly over each wedge. Serve immediately.

  2. Optional preparation: Place diced tomatoes in a fine-mesh strainer over a small bowl and sprinkle with kosher salt. Toss to combine. Place onion in a small bowl and add enough white wine vinegar to cover. Let both stand for 10 minutes. Place wedges on salad plates; drizzle dressing over each. Drain quick-pickled onions and sprinkle over wedges along with diced tomatoes and remaining toppings. (Salting the tomatoes drains excess water and concentrates flavor. Quick-pickling onion reduces its strong taste and brightens the color.)

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Comments

  1. Emily

    February 15, 2018 at 12:58 pm

    This wedge salad looks amazing! I order wedge salads at restaurants but still haven’t tried making it myself at home- I need to get on this!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      February 15, 2018 at 4:40 pm

      This is the first time I’ve made one at home and it was way easier than I thought it would be!

      Reply
  2. Ann

    February 15, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    I love a wedge salad, but they’re usually made with blue cheese dressing, which is fine, but I love this take on it even more! The soup looks delicious too :)

    Reply
    • Ann

      February 15, 2018 at 1:39 pm

      Haha clearly I read that recipe too quickly! I thought it was ranch, not blue cheese, but doesn’t change the fact that this looks awesome!

      Reply
    • Emily Hill

      February 15, 2018 at 4:40 pm

      You could totally try it with ranch and leave out the blue cheese crumbles. Or even a Caesar dressing would be good!

      Reply
  3. Emily | OatandSesame

    February 15, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    Yum! Soup and salad sounds great right now! Love the crunch of a wedge salad.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      February 15, 2018 at 4:39 pm

      I love a good soup and salad combo!

      Reply
  4. Lizzie

    February 15, 2018 at 2:04 pm

    What a great date night idea! I’m not a fan of blue cheese but it does look like a full flavoured salad.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      February 15, 2018 at 4:39 pm

      You could totally leave out the crumbles and switch to Caesar dressing and it would still be yummy!

      Reply
  5. Hannah

    February 15, 2018 at 3:47 pm

    I think this is my favorite recipe of the week, it just has all my favorite ingredients: bacon, pecans, cheese, tomatoes, greens! Amazing! :)

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      February 15, 2018 at 4:39 pm

      Those are all my favorites too!

      Reply

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