Warm Goat Cheese Salad

with Bacon Vinaigrette

prep time: 5 minutes cook time: 10 minutes yield: 4 servings

Nothing says fall like a warm goat cheese salad with a
warm bacon vinaigrette! I’ve always enjoyed flavorful
salads, even before I started eating keto. But in my
pre-keto life, I often made my salads too high in carbs
by adding dried cranberries or sun-dried tomatoes.
This warm salad needs nothing like that. It is delicious
and creamy without the carbs!

½ pound bacon, diced
1 (8-ounce) log fresh goat cheese
½ cup pork dust (or pork rinds crushed into a
powder)
3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons coconut vinegar or
red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons avocado oil, MCT oil, or extra-virgin
olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon fine sea salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 drops stevia glycerite (optional)
4 cups leafy greens
½ avocado, sliced (optional)
½ cup raw walnuts, for garnish (optional; omit for nut-