Cobb Salad.
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Whoa.
Before you get all excited about these vegetables, I must tell you I only had a few bites. I haven’t turned my back on you.
I’d eat more, but veggies make me nervous. They make me sweat. Give me a rash. Hurt my tastebuds. Make me cry.
You know. The usual stuff.
But, I do like the occasional cobb salad. Know why? Because it is usually chock-full of bacon, cheese, and other non-vegetable items. Fantastic for me!
I made one with chicken for my adoring husband.
Without the chicken, he would have started to grow horns, and shrink into a munchkin with tiny feet and big ears. At least that is what he assumes.
On second thought, I guess then he could drive around in the plethora of dye-cast cars he has ruined our home with.
On a bed of lettuce I added pretty, colorful rows of red onion, bacon, tomato, hard-boiled egg, chicken, and avocado.
I’m sure it doesn’t take a genius to figure out which parts I ate.
The star of the show was the avocado. I jumped for joy when I found a perfectly ripe avocado in Pittsburgh in January.
Yes, I had to sell me first unborn-child to buy it, but it was totally worth it.
Sometimes vegetables are pretty. Sometimes I wish I liked them.
Sometimes I wish they were chocolate.
Oh wait. That’s all the time.
Since this is a heavier salad, we prefer to use a lighter citrus dressing. Leaves more room for the bacon!
Cobb Salad
Serves 1
2 cups green leaf lettuce
3 oz grilled chicken, chopped
4 slices bacon, fried and chopped
2 beefsteak tomatoes, chopped
1/2 red onion, chopped
2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 avocado, chopped
salt & pepper to taste
Layer the bed of green leaf lettuce on a shallow plate. Add chopped veggies in rows. Top with dressing.
dressing:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
Have you made cobb salads before? What fun things do you add in?
If it is a vegetable, I won’t lie. I probably won’t eat it. But if you like to add in bacon, cheese, chocolate, mashed potatoes, nachos, or Starbucks full-fat frappachinos, I’m game.
53 Comments on “Cobb Salad.”
I’ve made this a few times now and it’s absolutely delicious! However, I leave out the egg and use ranch or blue cheese dressing.
All of your recipes are wonderful though!