Cobb Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing

Summer is here which means it’s the perfect time to make your own fresh salads. Cobb salad is certainly one of my favourite ways to choose a variety of ingredients and make them into a meal. You can also cut your veggies into different shapes (like ribbons or cut-outs) to add interest and variety. I enjoyed using fresh leftover ingredients later in the week to make a wrap, black bean salad and more green leaf salads.

Cobb salad’s history dates back to 1937, when restaurant owner Robert Cobb threw a bunch of leftovers in a bowl. He topped it with french dressing and so, cobb salad was born! Not a huge cobb salad person? No problem – check out my Raspberry Feta Spinach Salad or my Pear and Blue Cheese Salad!

• Prep time: 15-20 minutes
• Cook time: 10 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 4 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced
• ½ cup cucumbers, sliced
• 3 hard boiled eggs (for easier cooking, check out how to make perfect hard boiled eggs)
• ½ avocado, sliced
• 1/4 cup black beans
• 3 slices of prosciutto, crisped on fry pan
• ¼ cup blue cheese

Ranch Dressing:

• 1/3 cup 1% milk
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• pinch salt and pepper

Directions for Cobb Salad:

1. Firstly, prep your dressing by adding lemon juice to milk and letting it sit for 10 minutes to allow milk to sour. On the other hand, you could buy buttermilk.
2. Secondly, add mayonnaise and red wine vinegar to milk and set dressing aside. Salt and pepper may be added in addition to taste.
3. Then, cut and clean romaine lettuce.
4. Using a non-stick frypan, crisp up prosciutto.
5. Finally, dress your salad with desired toppings and drizzle dressing over top!

Enjoy! In addition, if you try out this recipe, please leave me a comment down below!

Cobb Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing

Yield: 2

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Cobb salad is certainly one of my favourite ways to choose a variety of ingredients and make them into a fresh, delicious and healthy meal!

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Ingredients

• 4 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced
• ½ cup cucumbers, sliced
• 3 hard boiled eggs
• ½ avocado, sliced
• 1/4 cup black beans
• 3 slices of prosciutto, crisped on fry pan
• ¼ cup blue cheese
• 1/3 cup 1% milk
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
• pinch salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Firstly, prep your dressing by adding lemon juice to milk and letting it sit for 10 minutes to allow milk to sour. On the other hand, you could buy buttermilk.
2. Secondly, add mayonnaise and red wine vinegar to milk and set dressing aside. Salt and pepper may be added in addition to taste.
3. Cut and clean romaine lettuce.
4. Using a non-stick frypan, crisp up prosciutto.
5. Finally, dress your salad with desired toppings and drizzle dressing over top!