So we’ve already talked about how obsessed I am with salads this summer, but we have not tapped into how obsessed with Cobb Salads I am. Cobb salads are my absolute favorite. Maybe its the bacon, maybe its cheese, maybe its the avocado, maybe its all three that make it great. I have been having a serious craving for Cobb Salads. I swear I’ve been thinking about it for weeks. Yesterday, I finally decided to get it out of my system. I made a Macro-Friendly Cobb Salad, and it was amazing. So of course, I’m going to share the recipe with all of you so you can bask in the awesomeness as well!
I think Cobb Salads are traditionally based with either romaine or iceberg lettuce, at least thats how I usually see it prepared on restaurant menus. I chose to use a spring mix style, because I prefer the different flavors and I love how colorful it is. I used close to 3 oz. of lettuce, which is a lot! I also charge to use a large/wide bowl. It would be hard to cram all the toppings into a narrow deep bowl, although I’m sure it could be done!
While I was gathering all the ingredients for my salad, I chose to line a cookie sheet with tin foil, cooking spray and to bake the bacon. This recipe would work fine with it pan-fried, but that would have been chaos in my house because I’m sure when I turned my back to the stove the dogs would have thought that it was an all you can eat buffet. I baked it for about fifteen minutes. You can bake it for longer depending on your desired crispiness!
Cobb Salads are also traditionally very high in fat. In order to make this work with my daily macros, I did use just hard-boiled egg whites instead of the entire egg. Don’t worry, the egg yolk did not go to waste. My son just started eating solid foods so he was enjoying the egg yolk! I also opted for a reduced fat cheddar cheese instead of a full fat version. I did, however, use plenty of avocado and a really great piece of thick cut bacon. I pre-portioned out all of my ingredients because I honestly just think its easier that way. I also added four ounces of grilled boneless skinless chicken breast. The most typical Cobb Salad dressing is some form of ranch. To be honest, I really hate ranch dressing so I opted for vinegar instead. Be sure to check out the macro-breakdown at the bottom of the page and enjoy!
Macro-Friendly Recipes: Cobb Salad
Ingredients
- 4 oz Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast - (cooked)
- 3 oz Baby Romaine Lettuce
- 40 g Avocado
- 75 g Grape Tomatoes
- 20 g Reduced-Fat Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- 1 slice Thick Cut Bacon
- 2 large Hard-Boiled Egg Whites
- Balsamic Vinegar (Optional)
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with tin foil and spray it.
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2. Once oven is pre-heated, place bacon in oven for approximately fifteen minutes (or until desired crispiness).
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3. While the bacon is cooking start to gather, measure, and portion out your ingredients.
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4. Start out by putting all your lettuce into the bottom of the bowl. You can arrange and place the rest of the ingredients around the bowl in anyway you want.
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5. Once the bacon is done, take it out of the oven and dice it into small pieces and add it into your salad.
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6. Add your dressing & enjoy!
Macro-Breakdown:
- 356 Calories
- 15.06g Fat
- 10.81g Carbs
- 43.85g Protein
Oh, yum!! We have this dish often too minus the bacon! SO filling and delicious. And Balsamic Vinegar is a MUST for me! Jack (my 8 year old) always needs his Olive Garden Italian dressing.
Sounds just like my fiance he needs his exciting dressing as well!
I don’t like bacon so I’m keen to prepare it without it
all together need to be delicious
You can easily make this without bacon – it would still be just as good!
Oh that does look good and so tasty! Im not a fan of salads ordinarily but this looks like something I would really enjoy!
Cobb salads are the best! Let us know if you try it out
I love cobb salads! It’s one of my favorite salads because it has a lot of stuff in it: bacon, egg, tomato, avocado. I’m the same way with my eggs, I normally only have egg white in my cobb salad, rather than with the egg yolk.
I agree, its so good!!
Omg that looks yumm and tempting… I love salads and I would love to try this out at home
If you make it, let us know how it works out for you!
25minutes to prepare and I can have a salad like this I am up for it. Thanks for sharing the recipe, definitely a must try!
Let us know how it turns out for you!
Our family loves salads too. I personally love the sesame Asian dressing something. I don’t exactly know how it’s called. Typically, I don’t add meat to my salad. Yet, this looks really delicious, I will add this recipe to my collection. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! You’re welcome
Cobb salads are well regarded not only by those who are conscious about their health but also by nutritionists. It definitely has a refreshing flavor. This is one of the primo stuff that you just can’t resist.
Exactly, I agree!
This is awesome! I was just researching Cobb Salads the other day. This is very helpful. I’ve heard Zaxby’s has a good Cobb Salad, which I guess would be great for long road trips…
Definitely, this would make such a good road trip meal!
yay! i love this cobb salad. so easy to make and i’ll surely make this one. looking forward for more easy recipes! thank you for sharing.
Let us know how it turns out!
I love that you were able to have the macro breakdown there at the end. It really does look like quite the delicious salad. I’m not really a ranch fan myself so I appreciate you went with a vinegar based dressing.
I really enjoy the bitterness of the vinegar – the ranch is way too thick for me!