Rating: 4.5 stars
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This Cobb salad is true to the original with all the good stuff--chicken, eggs, bacon, avocado and a tangy dressing. But we cut the saturated fat in half and doubled the amount of healthy monounsaturated fat. We've left the blue cheese optional, but the salad is so nutritious you might just want to go ahead and indulge yourself with a little bit anyway.

Source: EatingWell Magazine, April/May 2006

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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Whisk vinegar, shallot, mustard, pepper and salt in a small bowl to combine. Whisk in oil until combined. Place salad greens in a large bowl. Add half of the dressing and toss to coat.

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  • Divide the greens among 4 plates. Arrange equal portions of chicken, egg, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, bacon and blue cheese (if using) on top of the lettuce. Drizzle the salads with the remaining dressing.

Tips

Tips: To poach chicken breasts, place boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a medium skillet or saucepan and add lightly salted water to cover; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer gently until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 10 to 15 minutes. To shred the chicken, use two forks to pull it apart into long shreds.

To hard-boil eggs, place in a single layer in a saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook at the barest simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, pour out hot water and fill the pan with a mixture of cold water and ice cubes; let stand until the eggs are completely cooled.

Nutrition Facts

379 calories; protein 26.6g; carbohydrates 15g; dietary fiber 7.6g; sugars 4.6g; fat 24.8g; saturated fat 4.6g; cholesterol 145.8mg; vitamin a iu 4609.3IU; vitamin c 38.1mg; folate 229.3mcg; calcium 125.5mg; iron 3.5mg; magnesium 86.4mg; potassium 1159.3mg; sodium 379.5mg; thiamin 0.3mg.

2 vegetable, 3 lean meat, 3 fat

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