This Healthy Cobb Salad is just 392 calories and is packed with 34.2g of protein!
Did you know that the traditional Cobb salad is between 720-800 calories? This one is the same size, and under 400 calories. It tastes just as good and is just as filling as the original too.
What surprised me the most was that the dressing was the “culprit” when it came to the inflated calories. So I made a low calorie version, and I was able to make a low calorie Cobb salad with real bacon, and the same size as a traditional Cobb salad serving.
Healthy Cobb Salad
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Ingredients in Low Calorie Cobb Salad
I wasn’t sure what would get me more “hate mail” using real bacon, or using turkey bacon. So here is what I did, I used real bacon for the nutrition information, but gave you the option to swap it out for turkey bacon.
I have found in all my years of writing best selling low calorie cookbooks, that if you use the real thing (in this case bacon) but just a little less of it, you can cut calories without cutting taste.
So choose what works best for your diet, tastes, and views and know that either way this salad is yummy and easy!
Shopping List for Low Calorie Cobb Salads:
- Romaine lettuce
- Low Calorie Cobb Salad Dressing
- Red onion
- Cherry tomatoes
- Hard boiled egg
- Bacon or turkey bacon
- Avocado
- Low Calorie Grilled Chicken Breast
- Feta cheese (or blue cheese)
How to Make a Low Calorie Cobb Salad
This low calorie Cobb salad makes a great meal prep lunch! I have supplied directions for next day meal prep in the directions below.
But if you want to prep these out for the week, all you need to do is add the salad dressing to separate containers. Then you can assemble the salads as noted below, and add the dressing when you are ready to eat.
How to Make a Low Calorie Cobb Salad:
- To a large bowl, combine the lettuce and low calorie Cobb salad dressing. Toss well until all of the lettuce is coated in dressing. Then move the lettuce to two large bowls, plates, or meal prep containers.
- Top each salad with 1/2 of the onions, tomatoes, egg slices, bacon crumbles, avocado, chicken breast and the feta cheese.
- Serve immediately, or cover meal prep containers and store in the fridge for the next day.
Healthy Cobb Salad Recipe
This low calorie Cobb salad recipe is quick and easy! I suppled you with a low calorie grilled chicken recipe, but you can use leftover chicken or store-bought rotisserie chicken if you prefer.
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Low Calorie Cobb Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups romaine lettuce roughly chopped
- ½ cup Low Calorie Cobb Salad Dressing
- ¼ red onion chopped
- 10 cherry tomatoes quartered
- 1 hard boiled egg sliced
- 1 slice of cooked bacon or turkey bacon crumbled
- ½ avocado chopped
- 1 Low Calorie Grilled Chicken Breast sliced
- ⅓ cup crumbled feta cheese or blue cheese
Instructions
- To a large bowl, combine the lettuce and low calorie Cobb salad dressing. Toss well until all of the lettuce is coated in dressing. Then move the lettuce to two large bowls, plates, or meal prep containers.
- Top each salad with 1/2 of the onions, tomatoes, egg slices, bacon crumbles, avocado, chicken breast and the feta cheese.
- Serve immediately, or cover meal prep containers and store in the fridge for the next day.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Cobb Salads
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