An absolute staple for me when I want to keep carbs low, but enjoy JUST enough good, hormone-healthy fats. Also a great one to double or triple when you’re entertaining. Line everything up on a large platter to wow your guests!
- Prep Time: 15
- Total Time: 15
- Yield: 3 3x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Chop and Toss
- Cuisine: Fresh
INGREDIENTS
For the salad
- 750 g lettuces (I do half mixed greens and half romaine), chopped
- 180 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 120 g avocado, chopped
- 75 g sweet bell pepper, diced
- 3 slice bacon (I use the precooked from Costco for ease!)
- 3 hard boiled egg, chopped
- 1 1/2 oz (42 g) reduced-fat blue cheese (I find the Treasure Cave® brand at Stater Bros.®)
- 45 g red onion, diced
- 3/4 cup (150 g) homemade creamy basil buttermilk dressing (recipe below)
- Fresh basil, chopped
- Plenty of course salt and fresh cracked pepper
Creamy Lemon Basil Dressing (2 Tbs (30 g) of dressing= 24 cal/1f/2.3c/1.9p)
- 1 1/2 cup non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 1/2 cup reduced-fat buttermilk
- 6 tbs (30g) white balsamic vinegar (or sub champaign vinegar or even apple cider.)
- A big handful of fresh basil (20 g)
- 6 cloves of garlic (or frozen cubes)
- 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 1/2 a small avocado (120 g)
- 1 1/2 tbs parmesan (60 g)
- 6 tbs fresh lemon juice (90 g)
- 3 tsp honey (21 g)
- 2 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp pepper
INSTRUCTIONS
- Blend or food process all dressing ingredients until smooth. I love to use my Ninja IQ (that I use for EVERYTHING but especially my favorite nightly shake.) But anything should work.
- Pile greens in a bowl or platter and top with everything else. Toss and enjoy!
NOTES
- This makes about 490 grams of salad. That’s big but I eat the whole thing with some added protein for a meal. Feel free to double it for the family to use as a side and log your portion in grams off of My Fitness Pal. I’ve pre-loaded it by grams to provide that option! But the macros below are for this entire bowl if you don’t want to bother weighing your final portion.
- To log this exact salad in My Fitness Pal, search “Lillie Eats and Tells Cobb Salad with Creamy Lemon Basil Dressing”. If you eat one recipe you can log the whole 490 g serving. But you can also double or triple it for a crowd and log whatever portion of it you take. You can also search and log the dressing for when you want to add more or use it later. “Lillie Eats and Tells Creamy Lemon Basil Dressing”.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 whole salad (490 g)
- Calories: 355
- Sodium: 630
- Fat: 18.4
- Carbohydrates: 25
- Fiber: 8.3
- Protein: 23.4
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