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Low Carb Large Salad & Cheese Platter For Parties – Everything From Aldi!

February 15, 2019 by Denise 2 Comments

Long photo of salad and cheese platter with text overlay.
Long photo of salad and cheese platter with text overlay.

This low carb large salad & cheese platter is perfect for entertaining or even for a light dinner party. With a quick trip to Aldi and a few minutes putting this together, you can have a festive low carb dinner salad.

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Large platter of salad, cheese and meats with a salt container and wooden spoon.
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Recently I was shopping at Aldi and I realized how many fancy cheeses, meats, olives, etc they carry and decided I would make a low carb large salad & cheese platter. I had intended to just have this for our dinner but when my in laws came over I realized this would be fun to serve them.  It was a Sunday afternoon and this platter was a nice way to eat a light meal, talk and sample new foods. They are Aldi fans too!

Long aerial photo of salad and cheese platter.

 

Cool Low Carb Platter Items At Aldi

Below are a few of the specialty items I picked up at Aldi. I even bought all the lettuce and veggies there.

 As you can see I bought a few different types of cheeses. I especially liked the goat milk brie and the aged havarti. Actually I loved the halvarti and will go back to get more! My husband and brother in law ate up all of the brie. I also bought some thin sliced salami that was flavored with herbs and spices and black pepper. Lastly I found some blue cheese stuffed green olives and kalamata olives. 

 

Long aerial photo of Aldi specialty cheeses and meats.

Start With A Large Salad Base

When making a large salad & cheese platter you want to start with a salad base. I like to use a sturdy lettuce like romaine or even a little iceberg lettuce. Then you can add colorful vegetables such as red onions, pink radishes, yellow sweet peppers, etc. In the chart below you can see the net carbs for various vegetables and toppings you would put on a salad. 

Graphic of salad ingredient list of net carbs - vegetables, meats, cheeses, etc.

Other Items To Put On The Salad Platter

From there you can add in some jarred items like pickled vegetables, artichoke hearts, olives of all sorts, roasted peppers, etc. Make sure to read the labels and see what the net carbs are for all of these. Pickled vegetables sometimes have sugar in them so double check.

Lastly you can add the meats and cheeses. Most cheeses have little to no carbs. Same goes for meats but you still have to read labels. Some sausages have a few carbs and they all add up. Along with the specialty cheeses, Aldi also has some specialty meats like prosciutto, Imberico pork and even smoked salmon!

 

Close up of salad platter showing goats milk brie.
Above you can see that goat milk brie. Look at the cheese oozing out. 
Close up of salad platter showing Borgonzola cheese, bacon and eggs.
The cheese showing above was very cool too. It was called Borgonzola. It was like brie with a streaks of gorgonzola! 
Close up of salad platter showing aged havarti, eggs and bacon.
This last picture above is the aged havarti cheese. My fav!

 

 If you’ve ever had havarti cheese you know it’s a soft and creamy cheese. This was creamy but a bit harder and full of flavor!!! It’s like sharp cheddar and havarti had a baby. 

If You Want Low Carb Crackers For Your Cheese

I suggest the brand Mary’s Gone Crackers or you can make your own. I have a few low carb cracker recipes and a low carb crispbread that would go great with this salad platter.  Though I didn’t use any crackers but some people might like them.

If you love everything bagels you will love low carb everything crackers. These gluten free crackers are very easy to make and are a tasty low carb snack on their own or with toppings. 
Low Carb Everything Crackers
Easy Cashew Crackers. Grain free and the only ingredients are cashews, egg whites and spices!
Grain Free Cashew Cashews
Low Carb Crispbread

 

 

Closeup photo of salad on platter with lots of colorful vegetables.

This was just a quick one for you today. I wanted to show you how you can easily put together a low carb large salad & cheese platter with a quick trip to Aldi. You can serve it for a party or even a light dinner. You need very little time and it would look great on your table!

The nutrition for 1 serving if you consider all the cheese to be eaten is roughly:

571 cals / 43.8g fat / 8.3g carbs / 2.0g fiber / 30.3g protein = 6.3g net carbs

Long aerial photo of salad and cheese platter.
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Low Carb Large Salad & Cheese Platter

This low carb large salad & cheese platter is perfect for entertaining or even for light dinner party. With a quick trip to Aldi and a few minutes putting this together, you can have a festive low carb dinner salad.

Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword Aldi, entertaining, platter
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 8
Author Denise

Ingredients

  • 6 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced
  • 4 sweet peppers, sliced
  • 10 kalamata olives, pitted
  • 10 blue cheese stuffed green olives
  • 4 oz hard salami
  • 5 pieces bacon, cut into pieces
  • 6 hard boiled eggs, sliced
  • 4 oz double cream brie
  • 9 oz Borgonzola cheese
  • 6 oz Prairie Sunset cheese
  • 7 oz aged halvarti cheese
  • 12 artichoke heart halves

Instructions

  1. Make the salad base and place in the middle of the platter. Add the lettuce first and then top with onions, peppers, olives and artichokes.

  2. Cut the eggs in half and line the lettuce with them.

  3. Place the cheeses in each corner and fill in with the salami and bacon.

 

 

Long photo of salad and cheese platter with text overlay.

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Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. You should always do your own calculations if you are concerned about the accuracy of this or any recipe. I use the Lose It app for all of my nutritional information because I have for years.

Comments

  1. Debbie

    July 20, 2019 at 7:09 pm

    I am so glad I came across this post. I am having a party, and was trying to figure out what to serve that will satisfy mostly everyone with as little cooking as possible. This platter is perfect, you have a great variety on there!

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    • Denise

      July 21, 2019 at 6:18 am

      It’s very easy too!

      Reply

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