Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Awesomest Salad Ever!!

Hi again! It's been awhile since I've posted and well, I have alot of excuses. Mainly the fact that my Sjogren's Syndrome has been acting up, and my eyes were driving crazy! Plus my oldest little girl just turned 4, so I've been busy planning (and executing) her party. Now that you know where I've been, let's get to this wonderfully awesome salad and the recipe for it.

My husband and I absolutely LOVE DisneyWorld!! The first time I ever went was on my honeymoon and I couldn't believe how great it was. Once Todd made us reservations at The Brown Derby. It's a neat restaurant at MGM/Hollywood Studios and they have this great Cobb Salad. They serve it as an appetizer for 2, but I could really eat the whole thing. My sister found a recipe online for it (and the dressing), made it, and voila! It was wonderful! I've since made it a couple of times a month for dinner and made it for my daughter's birthday party. Since everyone has asked me for the recipe...here it is!!


The Brown Derby's Cobb Salad with French Dressing
Adapted from: Allears.net

Salad
1/2 head of Iceberg Lettuce
1/2 head of Romaine Lettuce
1 C cooked Chicken Breast
2 medium tomatoes (blanched & peeled)
6 strips cooked Bacon
1 Avocado
3 hard boiled Eggs
1 C crumbled Blue Cheese
2 Tbsp Chives

Dressing
1/2 C Water
1/2 tsp Sugar
1 1/4 Tbsp Salt
1 1/2 tsp Worchestire Sauce (make sure it's GF)
1 clove Garlic (minced)
1/2 C Red Wine Vinegar
Juice of 1/2 Lemon
1/2 Tbsp Black Pepper
1/2 Tsp Spicy Mustard
1 C Olive Oil

Directions: Chop both types of lettuce very fine and mix together in large bowl. Chop all other ingredients very fine. Arrange all ingredients over the lettuce in straight lines across the greens. Arrange chives diagonally across the above lines.

For the dressing: combine all ingredients and shake vigorously. Toss with salad and serve.