• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
The Whole Smiths
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Recipes
    • Cooking Method
      • 5 Ingredients or Less
      • 30 Minutes or Less
      • Easy-to-Make
      • Instant Pot
      • Make Ahead, Keep on Hand
      • One Dish, Pan, Pot or Sheet Pan
      • Weekend Living
    • Dietary Guidelines
      • Dairy-Free
      • Gluten-Free
      • Grain-Free
      • Paleo
      • Vegan
      • Vegetarian
      • Whole30
    • Meal Type
      • Breakfast + Brunch
      • Dinner
      • Lunch
      • Soups, Stews, + Chilis Too
      • Vegetables, Sides + Salads
      • Smoothies + Beverages
      • Dessert
      • Snacks + Appetizers
  • COOKBOOKS
    • Good Food Cookbook
    • Real Food Every Day
  • Podcast
  • About
    • Meet Michelle
    • Food Philosophy
    • Michelle This Month
  • Resources
    • Discounts
    • Shop
    • Cooking Staples
    • Better Beauty
  • Contact
    • Work with Me
    • Contact
The Whole Smiths

The Whole Smiths

Whole Eating + Happy Living

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Recipes
    • Cooking Method
      • 5 Ingredients or Less
      • 30 Minutes or Less
      • Easy-to-Make
      • Instant Pot
      • Make Ahead, Keep on Hand
      • One Dish, Pan, Pot or Sheet Pan
      • Weekend Living
    • Dietary Guidelines
      • Dairy-Free
      • Gluten-Free
      • Grain-Free
      • Paleo
      • Vegan
      • Vegetarian
      • Whole30
    • Meal Type
      • Breakfast + Brunch
      • Dinner
      • Lunch
      • Soups, Stews, + Chilis Too
      • Vegetables, Sides + Salads
      • Smoothies + Beverages
      • Dessert
      • Snacks + Appetizers
  • COOKBOOKS
    • Good Food Cookbook
    • Real Food Every Day
  • Podcast
  • About
    • Meet Michelle
    • Food Philosophy
    • Michelle This Month
  • Resources
    • Discounts
    • Shop
    • Cooking Staples
    • Better Beauty
  • Contact
    • Work with Me
    • Contact

Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad

This 1000 Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths is going to knock your socks off. Not only is it crisp and refreshing but it’s paleo AND Whole30 compliant. The perfect side salad for any meal! 

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!

Wedge Salad Love.

I love, I mean, LOVE me a good wedge salad. Like, oh so much. I don’t have one all that often but I find it’s one of the few things I truly crave time to time. Once I get something in my head, there’s no stopping me.

Last fall I took a girls’ trip to LA (it’s become a fall tradition) and we ended up at Craig’s, which you’ve probably seen featured often on TMZ. It’s basically a bougie LA mainstay that celebrities frequent. In fact, while we were having a drink before dinner Kris Jenner and Tommy Hilfiger were having dinner just about 10 feet away from us. I’m not one to care too much about all of that but I would say it was a fun celeb sighting. And in all honesty, it’s pretty entertaining to watch the paparazzi all camped out waiting for their next victim.

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!

I digress. That night they had a wedge salad on the menu and it hit that craving button. Hard. I wasn’t even all that hungry but I NEEDED that wedge salad. So I ordered it and it was the bet wedge salad of my life. I don’t know if it was the blue cheese, the dressing, or what. Was the iceberg lettuce ice cold magic? I really don’t know. But I do know that was probably my favorite thing about that night. Besides the time with my friends of course. I wonder if Kris Jenner ate the wedge salad that night?

This is not that. 

Well, I am here to tell you that this wedge salad is not that wedge salad. Why? Because that wedge salad is loaded with dairy and it made me bloated and feeling less than stellar. Don’t get me wrong, it was so worth it in that moment. But every day here back in my suburban reality? Not worth it.

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!

Unfortunately dressing and creamy cheeses like blue cheese are the quickest ways to make me look 6 months pregnant. But like I said, sometimes it’s worth it. My homemade cheesecake at Christmas? Most definitely worth it. A cobb salad for lunch every day? Again, not worth it.

Fortunately with this salad you never have to decide if it’s worth it or not.

Clean ingredients you can feel good about. 

This wedge salad re-imagined is just as delicious and you can have it on a regular basis because there’s no funny business in it. No dairy. No sugar, nothing bad! Just clean ingredients. The dressing, the bacon, it’s all clean and good. Clean ingredients you can feel good about.

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!

Dressings can be the trickiest part of the salad. You have this giant plate of healthy greens and we dump a bunch of junky dressing over top. What’s up with that?! And herein lines the biggest salad problem for me. I love creamy dressings! I can do a vinaigrette but my jam is the creamy ranches (have you tried my Dairy-Free Bacon Ranch yet??), caesars and 1000 islands of the world.

But those are the junkiest! There’s so many preservatives and emulsifiers and God knows what else in there.

Not anymore. Enter the clean creamy dressing courtesy of New Barn Organic Almondmilk. I can now make ANY creamy dressing equivalent using my 30-Second Mayo and a bit of New Barn Unsweetened Almondmilk. Their almond milk has NO JUNK included. No funky thickeners, emulsifiers or sweeteners. It’s so clean in fact, it’s Whole30 compliant. You can’t say that about most alt milk choices.

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!

You know what else I love about New Barn Organic Almondmilk? Particularly the Unsweetened variety?  Besides the fact that it’s made with organic ingredients? The flavor blends perfectly into whatever dish I am creating with it. Other almond milks that I’ve used have a strong flavor that tends to overpower whatever recipe I’m creating. New Barn blends in seamlessly.

It’s all about the bacon. 

Ok, it’s not ALL about the bacon. But if you’re planning to make this recipe while you’re doing a Whole30, it is. Read you labels friends.

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!

Another important label to read for this recipe is on the pickle relish that you’ll use in the dressing. You have your choice to use either sweet or dill. I recipe tested this both ways and each were delicious. However, if you’re on a Whole30 you’ll want to make sure to stick with the dill variety. Even the, not all dill pickle relishes are compliant so read those labels!

And with that, I think you are ready to enjoy this delicious, crisp, refreshing Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad.

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!
print recipe

Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad

This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Condiment, Salad
Cuisine: Dairy-Free, Paleo, Whole30
Servings: 4 servings
Author: The Whole Smiths

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup mayo
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 teaspoons fresh grated onion
  • 2 teaspoons unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon coconut aminos
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 5 hardboiled eggs
  • 2 tablespoons dill or sweet pickle relish (make sure to use a compliant dill
  • black pepper to taste
  • 1 head of iceberg lettuce cored and cut into 8 wedges (cut into 1/4s then again down the middle of each quarter)
  • 8 slices of bacon cut into bite sized pieces and cooked
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes

Instructions

  • Add the mayo, tomato paste, onion, almond milk, vinegar, coconut aminos, paprika and salt to a jar or bowl and using an immersion bender, blend until smooth. Crumble one of the hardboiled eggs into the dressing and pulse the immersion blender several times to integrate the eggs into the dressing without blending it completely. Stir in the pickle relish and set aside.
  • To assemble the salad place the iceberg wedges onto a plate and add about 1/4 of the dressing over top along with 1/4 of the bacon pieces and cherry tomatoes over top. Crumble or chop one of the hardboiled eggs and sprinkle over top.
  • Repeat with remaining ingredients for a total of 4 servings.
did you make this recipe?Tag @thewholesmiths on Instagram

 

300 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email
Previous Post: « Healthy Football Recipes with The New Primal
Next Post: Favorite Things – October »
Note: I only work with companies and products that I feel passionately about and that align with the Whole Smiths’ views and that this post contains sponsored content. While I am compensated for the work I do, my opinions and bad jokes are always 100% my own.

you might also like

  • Strawberry Arugula Salad + Strawberry Champagne Dressing from the Whole Smiths. Paleo-friendly, vegan, gluten-free.
    Strawberry Arugula Salad + Champagne Dressing
  • Giant Green Salad with Dill + Cracked Black Pepper Dressing
  • This easy-to-make Summer Shrimp Salad from the Whole Smiths is PERFECT for your Whole30. So easy to prep ahead of time, delicious and filling!
    Whole30 Summer Shrimp Salad + Zesty Chipotle Dressing
  • An easy-to-make Mediterranean Chopped Salad from the Whole Smiths. So delicious and great to make ahead! Whole30 compliant, paleo, gluten-free.
    Whole30 Mediterranean Chopped Salad
Real Food Every Day Book

available now

my new cookbook

  • 100 simple recipes designed to keep things easy in the kitchen
  • Health and wholesome, family-friendly recipes labeled for your dietary needs
  • Chapters such as 30-Minute Meals, 5-Ingrediends or Less and Meal Prepping

take a peek

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

available now

my new cookbook

Real Food Every Day Booktake a peek

welcome!

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet, I’m Michelle and welcome to the Whole Smiths. These days I’m a mother to two smiley girls, a happy wife to one fantastic dude and we live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

don’t miss a recipe!

Keep your kitchen tasty with a new recipe delivered to your inbox each week as well as our latest cooking tips, event information and favorite food finds.

REAL FOOD FOR REAL PEOPLE.

don’t miss a recipe!

Keep your kitchen tasty with a new recipe delivered to your inbox each week as well as our latest cooking tips, event information and favorite food finds.

Footer

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
These Lemon Pepper + Parmesan Brussels with Caper These Lemon Pepper + Parmesan Brussels with Caper Aioli are one of the December recipes ready for you! Fancy enough for Christmas dinner, easy enough for a Wednesday evening. Bada bing, bada boom.Grab the recipe at the link in my profile. ✨
GF Egg Nog Sheet Pan PANCAKES! Sneak peek at jus GF Egg Nog Sheet Pan PANCAKES! Sneak peek at just one of the recipes coming to you next month.Can I suggest these may be *the* perfect Christmas morning breakfast? No flipping, no batches, no time at all! Not to mention, NO COLD PANCAKES WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE OTHERS TO COOK! 😳Join us at the link in my profile to get the recipe.
#thankful 📸: @angelaspillerphotography 🤍 #thankful📸: @angelaspillerphotography 🤍
Regular sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving? BO-RING! Regular sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving? BO-RING!CHAI SPICED Sweet Potatoes?? Way cooler.Seriously, chai anything just sounds way cooler than plain anything. Not to mention obviously tastier too. Recipe on www.TheWholeSmiths.com, use the search bar to search “chai sweet potatoes”.
I love these guys so much. That’s it. That’s t I love these guys so much. That’s it. That’s the post. #sundaysnuggles
Obsessed. Let’s talk...🛌🥱 In early 2020 I Obsessed. Let’s talk...🛌🥱In early 2020 I polled my audience because we were on the hunt for a new mattress. You overwhelmingly recommended @avocadogreenbrands. And then we all got locked down and I put our mattress hunt on hold. I bought a cheapie mattress online instead since we couldn’t try things out and none of us had any clue what was happening. Big mistake. HUGE. It was the worst mattress ever. So earlier this year we decided it was time to get a PROPER GROWN UP MATTRESS and went with @avocadogreenbrands.I’m not going to lie, I was a little nervous about ordering online and not being able to “test” it in person. I’m here to tell you it’s one of the best things in my life. It is THE MOST comfortable mattress I have ever laid my pretty little face on. And Brad agrees.Not to mention is green and environmentally friendly.Legit, slipping into bed at night feels like a hug from heaven and I can’t even handle it. I told Brad that, God forbid, we ever divorce I’m taking the mattress with me. So, if you are on the hunt go with @avocadogreenbrands. We went with the Avocado Green mattress with pillow top. And I just looked and they’re having an early cyber/Black Friday Sale. Anyways. Obsessed and eagerly awaiting my next nap. ✌🏼
Gluten-Free Cranberry Bars Personally, one of my Gluten-Free Cranberry BarsPersonally, one of my fave desserts ever is pumpkin pie. I wish it was a year ‘round thing. BUT! If you aren’t pumpkin crazy, not into pies and need something DIFFERENT to bring to Thanksgiving this year, let it be this. Think a lemon bars more festive friend. In fact, it’s great for a Christmas too. It’s available now to my community a the link in my bio. ❤️

© 2023 · The Whole Smith · Privacy Policy · Website Design by Anchored Design