What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? The Sunshine Eats: Cobb Salad! Some days the dinner option is as plain as the nose on my face. Leftover rotisserie chicken becomes the star attraction. Using seven of your favorite ingredients, which you probably already have on hand, this time-saving classic is the perfect solution to that mundane question, “What’s for dinner?” Go easy on yourself and build a Cobb Salad on a platter for show-stopping presentation.
COBB SALAD
Ingredients:
Bag of Spring Mix Salad Greens
3 cups chicken, precooked and shredded
3 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped
6 slices bacon, crispy and crumbled
1-2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced
8 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved
3/4 cup Bleu cheese crumbles
Salad Dressings of choice
Instructions:
Choose individual salad plates or a serving platter. Arrange salad greens as the base. Working from the left side of the plate to the right, arrange shredded chicken from top to bottom. Next arrange chopped egg, crumbled bacon, diced avocado, and tomato halves, ending with Bleu cheese crumbles. Drizzle with salad dressing of choice and serve.
I love a good Cobb salad . . but this here, it’s a GREAT Cobb salad.
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Now my husband would ask for a bigger bowl so he could smother it in dressing and toss it all together. 🤣
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LOL
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I could eat that right now! 😋😋😋 I know it’s not a healthy addition but could I have some nice crusty bread on the side? 😋😋😋😋😋😋
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…sure, as long as you forego the butter! 😜🍃🥖
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Oh go on, just a scrape of butter 😋
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If you must. You talked me into it. Make mine French sea salt buerre. 😜
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Minus one lucky chicken, I love the salad and your beautiful presentation.
Thank you.
Joanna
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Grilled shrimp is always a good idea, in my opinion. 🥗🍤
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I love salad and this one looks amazing.
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Everything is in there. 🥗🍃😋
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It looks good. I miss salad bars and having a good salad. 😐
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We go to a place where there is a salad bar option. The waitress gives you a checklist so you can pick and choose the items you want and the quantities of each item (small, medium, large portion). It works and has everything is perfect! 🥗🌿
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I don’t think we have that yet around here but that’s an idea.
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Sounds like a DIY. 🥗🍃
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That’s my problem, I want someone else to make it for me. I’m tired of cooking. 😆
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I’ll do it! 👏
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I wish you could!
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This is my standby order for a lunch out.
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When you find a place that makes it just right, it becomes a great standby, doesn’t it. BTW, do you live in Boston?
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I live in sourthern NH about an hour from Boston.
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We used to go to Nashua for meetings once a year in June. I loved exploring that area, including the Freedom Trail in Boston. There’s so much to see along the coast as well as delicious places to eat seafood. 👀🍃
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Oh really, I live just outside of Nashua. It gets very rural very fast but a nice area.
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What a coincidence. It’s a great place to visit. 🌟
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This looks gorgeous! I adore a composed salad. It always feels like I’m offering up a little salad bar to everyone, and you can make it differently each time. This would indeed be perfect with shrimp!
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What if we offered all the ingredients and let them “build their own”! 🤔
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Perfect! Everyone gets what they like best!
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Good and healthy!
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This is right up your alley, Erika. (Minus the chicken and bacon).
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Haha, right! But I don’t mind some chicken at times. Could also work well with tuna.
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Ooh, yes. Right now I’m on an “ahi” kick. Can’t get enough fresh ahi. 🐟
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Haha, enjoy!
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Looks amazing 😊
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Thank you!!! 🙏🏻🍃
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Once upon a time, I used to make my own salads. Maybe I’ll go back to that for the duration.
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You can make it a side salad or a meal-size salad. 🥗🌿
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So pretty and fresh! 🙂
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It if pretty, it must taste good, right?!?!
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Absolutely! 🙂
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Healthy and full of vitamines.
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Leaves more room for a margarita. 🍋🍈🍃
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Chicken my love! Lol The only problem here in dahouse is, there are never leftovers one could take for preparing another dish. :-)) I hope you had a fantastic Valentines Day, without the need of preparing the meal by yourself. Have a good week! Michael
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See? My husband doesn’t have a choice. I dish up his servings. lol 🤣
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Lol :-))
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Such a beautiful dish!
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Color my world….with food. 🌎🍃
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I could dive right in! 😋
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Grab a fork! 😋🍃
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One of the tastiest and most satisfying salads anywhere! Yum!
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Everyone seems to know what it is. 🥗🌿
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Looks delicious!
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Def a keeper! 🥗🌿
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