Thursday, February 3, 2011

Recipe: Cobb Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette

The Hubby and I had this for dinner tonight! I usually have a hard time convincing my husband that you can make a meal out of a salad... until he tried this one! It's delicious! Ohhh and the Dressing is the best! I love it because it's home made and would work on any kind of Salad! DELICIOUS I tell ya!!! ENJOY

California Cobb Chop Salad

Serving ( 2 1/2 cups) has 195 calories: 21g protein, 10 g Carbs, 9 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 43 mg Cholesterol, 3 g fiber, 394 mg sodium

 5 cups  390 calories: 41g protein, 19 g Carbs, 17 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 87 mg Cholesterol, 6 g fiber, 752 mg sodium

What you need:   ( This is enough to feed both Zak and I for dinner)

  • 2 slices center-cut bacon
  • 2 cups finely shredded romain lettuce
  • 1 1/2 cups finely shredded spinach leaves
  • 4 oz finely chopped grilled chicken breast
  • 3/4 cup shredded and finely chopped tomatoes
  • 1 large hard boiled egg, finely chopped
  • 1/2 oz ( about 2 TBS) Crumbled reduced-fat blue cheese
  • 2 TBS finely chopped red onion
  • 2 TBS Red wine Vinaigrette
Stick all the ingredients in a large salad bowl and mix together with the dressing! It's delcious!  If I am just making a salad for myself for lunch( or dinner) I will usually only use 1 piece of bacon, a whole hard boiled egg and no chicken, Or half of a hard boiled egg and about 1 oz of Grilled chicken. I will also only use 1 TBS of the dressing I'll also have some cracker or even a half of a baked potato would be great with it!

For the Red Wine Vinaigrette Dressing:

  • 2 TBS Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 1/2 TBS honey Mustard
  • 1 /2 TSP honey
  • 1 TSP minced fresh Garlic
  • 1 TBS extra virgin Olive Oil
  • Pinch of Salt
  • Pepper to taste
Whisk the vinegar, mustard, honey, and garlic in a small bowl ( I have been using a Jar because then I can just keep the dressing in that). Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Season with Salt and pepper if you would like. This will be enough for a few salads!

Each 2-TBS serving has: 91 calories 6g carbs, 8 g fat.  

Hope you enjoy this delicious Salad as much we do!!! 

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