Wedge Salad with Homemade 1000 Island Dressing

 

3/4 cup mayonnaise

1/4 cup ketchup

2 T. sweet pickle relish

1/2 T. finely diced or grated onion

1 tsp. finely minced garlic 1-2 cloves

1/2 T. apple cider vinegar

1/4 tsp. kosher salt or more to taste

pinch of black pepper or more to taste

couple dashes hot sauce like Tabasco, if desired

 

2 heads of iceberg lettuce

1/4 pound slices of bacon cooked crisp and crumbled

2 T. Fresh minced chives

4 ounces Pepper jack cheese shredded or cut into chunks

1 pint Grape or cherry tomatoes diced

Fresh cracked black pepper

 

Whisk together ingredients in a medium sized bowl until well combined. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired. Store in a tightly covered container or jar in the refrigerator. Remove the outer layers of the head of iceberg lettuce, and cut it in half, then those pieces in half again, creating wedges. Cut the end to remove the stem.  Place wedges onto 4 separate plates. Top with homemade 1000 island dressing, bacon crumbles, shredded pepper jack cheese and diced tomatoes. Garnish with fresh minced chives and fresh cracked black pepper.