I’ve been a salad lover as far as I can remember. It’s not really about the health-thing or that daily serving of vegetables. What got me hooked is what these medley of flavors can create by just simply mixing and tossing them all together. I’m also wildly crazy about the different textures that goes on inside your mouth as you bite into a forkful.
There’s creaminess, tangyness, crunchy, crispy, fatty, juicy, refreshing, cool — it’s fascinating and it’s endless…. almost blissful. In this lifetime, I’ve eaten two versions of Cobb Salads and I find them more of a meal instead of a side dish because of the number of ingredients and the portions…. which I think is a good thing, right?
As much as possible, I try to eat salad daily. It gets me my servings of greens and other nutrients coming from some of the other vegetables in it.
What I made today is a Cobb Salad with a tropical twist. I added sweet mangoes and cucumbers. I’ve omitted the hardboiled egg, though because there’s grilled chicken and maple bacon already. I think there’s gonna be too much protein. If you’re looking for the cheese, I put it in the dressing making it richer and adding a bit of saltiness as well.
All you gotta do is assemble this in a serving plate and serve with the dressing in a separate container.
Tropical Cobb Salad
Ingredients
- 5 cups shredded romaine lettuce
- 400g chicken breasts, grilled and chopped
- 200g maple bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup diced cucumber
- 1 cup diced mangoes
- 1 avocado, diced
- For the Garlic Dressing
- 1 cup sour cream
- 6 cloves garlic chopped finely
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tbsp lemon juice or calamansi juice
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- For the Garlic Dressing: combine all ingredients and mix well. Taste and adjust salt & pepper then place into the refrigerator to let the flavors marry.
- Layer lettuce on your serving plate and then assemble all the other ingredients on top.
- You can serve the dressing drizzled on top of the salad or separately.
19 Responses
I love this salad Peachie! What a great combination of ingredients and that garlic dressing is awesome! I could see it being used on many different salad.
Sounds delicious! I love a good cobb salad!
Love the colours and flavours on that salad!
OMG, lunch is calling me and I’m so totally having a headache as I’m hungry while looking at your photos. This really looked so appetizing!
oh wow! those are one good salad combo!!! I am totally drooling right now and it’s healthy too. The balance between meat, veggie and fruits in one salad. YUM!
oh my this looks good! parang healthy maybe minus the bacon… ano other alternative than bacon para sa pahealthy kuno?
I am eating salad right now with lots of tomatoes.. Yum!
Recently we went Chic-fil-a yesterday order salad A Grilled Market salad with a blue cheese on it but I don’t not like it so salty Taste different. I rather like this salad of yours. I can make my own salad anyways thx for sharing mommy.
I think the avocado takes it to a whole new level! I have never tried a salad with Avocados, Might take that to note!
That looks appetizing, and it’s healthy, too, as it combines fruits, vegetables, and meat! Yum!
I can aklmost taste the avocado just by looking at this.
thanks for sharing the recipe sis. yummy na, healthy pa… for sure I’ll try making this one of these days.
I love it! Thanks thanks for sharing this! It’s quite ironic how I find preparing Salads complicated when they are supposed to be just mix and mix! :D, I’ll keep this in my book 😀
ang sarap!!! my God, kakakain ko lang ha, nagutom ulit ako….
Yummy salad! That would be great on a summer picnic.
visiting your site always makes me hungry but yes i love cobb salad, once in a while i do my own version too
Missing this kind of salad! Looks deliciously refreshing!
OMG this salad! Natatakam na naman ako sis Peachy, 12am na!
Only you can entice me to have a salad.. 😛 Hmmmm Bacon.. 😀 Hmmmm, Sour Cream Garlic dressing. 😀 YUMS! 😛