Chef Salad

Inspired by 400 Salads Cookbook

In my opinion, a chef salad is a recipe that must be creative. For this recipe, I took ideas from the cookbook and most of the suggested ingredients, but also decided to add a bit of my own twist. This salad makes a full meal served with homemade bread. Feel free to top your chef salad with hard-boiled eggs, ham and turkey.

Ingredients:

• 1 clove garlic, cut in half

• Small lettuce head, chopped

• 1/2 cup celery, diced

• 1/2 cup radish, sliced

• 2 tomatoes, quartered

• 4 scallions, chopped

• 1/2 cup cucumbers, chopped

• 1/2 red cabbage, thinly sliced

• 4 Brussels sprouts, thinly sliced

• 1 green pepper, chopped

• 1 cup baby arugula

• 2 tablespoons blue cheese

• 1/2 cup French dressing

• 3 tablespoons bacon, cooked and crumbled

Yields: serving for 6

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: none

Method:

1. Rub the inner surface of a salad bowl with half of the garlic.

2. Start building your salad: place the lettuce the bottom of a bowl, add the celery, radish, tomatoes, scallions, cucumbers, cabbage, green pepper, Brussel sprouts and arugula.

3. Place the dressing in a blender. Add the blue cheese and blend to combine.

4. When ready to serve, drizzle dressing on the salad, toss and serve.