Cobb salad is my all time favorite salad. I order this at restaurants whenever it’s on the menu. If I’m really having a craving for a good Cobb salad, I just make my own, and you can too. With a little bit of prep, you can have a delectable, and nutritious meal.
If you don’t want to cook chicken, just grab a rotissere chicken at the grocery store. There is no need to stand over a frying pan cooking bacon. Use fully cooked bacon, and warm it in the microwave. These are just a few suggestions to cut your time in the kitchen so you can enjoy more time indulging in this fantastic salad.
Some fun food history about this infamous salad. The Cobb salad was created by owner of the Hollywood Brown Derby, Robert Cobb, way back in 1937. Mr. Cobb did a fantastic job combining some of my favorite things like avocados, and bacon.
Please enjoy my favorite salad. It’s a winner.
Happy Eating!
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. Psalm 50:10
Cobb Salad
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
8 slices cooked bacon
4 hard boiled eggs
2 cooked chicken breasts
1 (10 oz.) container cherry tomatoes
2 medium avocados
1 (5 oz.) container blue cheese crumbles
2 heads of romaine lettuce
Salad Dressing
2/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablepsoon dijon mustard
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Make the dressing:
In a small jar with a lid, add the olive oil, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard and salt and pepper. Replace the lid and give it a good shake. Taste and add more salt and pepper as needed.
Make the salad:
- Rinse the lettuce. Pat dry, and chop into bite size pieces.
- Chop the bacon.
- Slice the eggs into quarters.
- Cut the chicken into small chunks.
- Slice the cherry tomatoes in half.
- Halve, pit, and dice the avocados.
- Add the lettuce to a large bowl or platter. Arrange the bacon, eggs, chicken, tomatoes, avocados, and blue cheese crumbles in rows on top of the lettuce.
- Drizzle with dressing. Enjoy!
Photo credits: Meghan E. White
Meghan E White 