Low-Carb Chopped Salad Traditional Recipe
Chopped Salad, adds delicious crisp flavor to balance the richness of your main dish. Add spinach and blue cheese or use mixed greens to “mix it up”. This basic salad works great as a filling and nutritious side dish to any cuisine.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 8¼ cups 1x
- Diet: Diabetic
Ingredients
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- 6 cups romaine lettuce
- 1 cup chopped cucumber
- 1/4 cup chopped radishes
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 10 tablespoons House Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
Instructions
- Wash and dry vegetables. If lettuce is wet, use a salad spinner to dry it or you can tear or chop the lettuce and place in a clean pillow case. Hold the pillow case closed and swing it over your head a few times to “spin” the lettuce dry. (You might want to do this outside). Also, you want to make sure you use a pillow case dedicated for kitchen use and wash it with unscented laundry soap.)
- Peel cucumbers and onions. Seed bell pepper. Chop all ingredients in relatively uniform pieces about ¼ to ½ inch size.
- Toss salad with dressing just before serving.
- Optional Additions to the Salad: 1 Avocado, seeded and cubed; 4 ounces Cheese (Blue Cheese or Feta taste great!).
Notes
This is our favorite salad and the one usually made on weeknights. The combination of the crispy veggies with the garlic based vinaigrette is a perfect side dish for most meals.
Dress Low-Carb Chopped Salad with House Vinaigrette Dressing. Works as a side salad with any cuisine. Add cheese and a meat along with a hard boiled egg and watch this salad come alive as a main course. Makes a great taco salad or Greek salad too.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cups
- Calories: 133
- Sodium: 81mg
- Fat: 12g
- Carbohydrates: 7g (Net carbs 4.5g)
- Fiber: 2.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
