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harvest cobb salad in large salad bowl

Harvest Cobb Salad with Goat Cheese Vinaigrette

Brenda Lanzilli
An Autumnal twist on everyone's favorite: the Cobb Salad. In this recipe we have chopped butter lettuce, radicchio, roasted acorn squash, apples, dried cranberries and pepitas. And of course the incorporation of traditional Cobb Salad ingredients like bacon, hard boiled egg and grilled chicken. All tossed together in an easy homemade goat cheese vinaigrette.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 637.59 kcal

Ingredients
  

For Salad

  • 7 oz bag of lettuce i used butter and radicchio
  • 1½ lbs chicken breast grilled
  • 2 apples granny smith or apple of choice
  • 2 oz goat cheese
  • ½ cup pepitas
  • 1 cup dried cranberries roughly chopped
  • 1 roasted acorn squash cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 4 hard boiled eggs sliced
  • 5 slices bacon crispy and crumbled

For Dressing

  • 3 oz goat cheese
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp parsley or chives chopped
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

Prepare all Salad Ingredients:

  • Season chicken with salt and pepper, grill or pan sear, let cool and then chop and set aside.
  • Cut acorn squash in half, remove seeds and stringy bits, slice, drizzle olive oil and salt and pepper and roast in 400° oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven when vegetable is soft. Cut into desired sized pieces
  • Bake bacon slices on aluminum foil lined pan in the oven at 400° for 15 minutes, until crispy. Remove and let sit on paper towel lined plate to soak up some fat. Roughly chop and set aside
  • Set eggs in pot with cold water, bring to boil . Let boil for 6-7 minutes, turn off heat, cover and let rest in hot water for 4 minutes. Remove from hot water and shock in ice water to make removing shell easier. Peel eggs, slice and set aside.
  • Slice apples, and roughly chop dried cranberries
  • In salad bowl of choice, combine : lettuce, chicken, eggs, bacon, apples, squash, cranberries, pepitas, and goat cheese crumbles. Divide amongst salad bowls or plates and dress with Goat Cheese Vinaigrette.

Goat Cheese Vinaigrette

  • Combine goat cheese, apple cider vinegar and chopped herbs in small mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Add olive oil and continue to whisk until combined. Adjust seasoning with a pinch of salt and pepper.

Notes

Nutrition Facts are Estimates

Nutrition

Calories: 637.59kcalCarbohydrates: 34.52gProtein: 37.76gFat: 39.87gSaturated Fat: 10.62gCholesterol: 219.87mgSodium: 387.44mgPotassium: 949.26mgFiber: 4.37gSugar: 20.45gVitamin A: 1843.21IUVitamin C: 13.27mgCalcium: 98.81mgIron: 3.01mg
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