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Salads are a mixture of lettuces, vegetables and sometimes even meats and dairy products. Most have an accompanying dressing to keep it moist and even more toppings to add flavor.
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Cobb Salad
by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
Cobb Salad
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
1
package (10 ounces) torn mixed salad greens or 8 cups torn romaine lettuce
6
ounces deli chicken, turkey or smoked turkey breast, cut 1/4 inch thick
1
large tomato, seeded and chopped
1/3
cup bacon bits or crisp-cooked bacon, crumbled
1
large ripe avocado, peeled and diced
1/3
cup prepared blue cheese or Caesar salad dressing
Preparation:
1.
Place lettuce in salad bowl. Dice chicken; place in center of lettuce. Arrange tomato, bacon and avocado in rows on either side of chicken.
2.
Drizzle with dressing. Serve immediately.
Serving Suggestion:
Serve with warm French or Italian rolls.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: about 1 cup of salad | |
| Sodium | 916 mg |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Fiber | 6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 34 mg |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Total Fat | 13 g |
| Calories from Fat | 50 % |
| Calories | 222 |
Dietary Exchange:
| Fat | 1 |
| Meat | 2 |
| Vegetable | 2 |
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