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holiday cobb salad gluten free
Thriving Gluten Free

Holiday Cobb Salad with Creamy Poppyseed Dressing

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This gorgeous Holiday Cobb Salad is full of flavor and loaded with fresh fruit slices, crunchy pecans, crispy bacon, dried cranberries & hard boiled eggs then drizzled with a creamy poppy seed vinaigrette. It's perfect as a Christmas salad, a Thanksgiving salad, or as part of your regular meal rotation all year round!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Calories: 458
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups Spring Mix Salad Greens
  • 1 cup Dried Cranberries
  • 1 cup Chopped Pecans
  • 2 Apples or Pears or a combo of both!
  • 4 Eggs hard boiled & quartered
  • 6 slices Bacon cooked & crumbled
Dressing
  • ½ cup Mayo or unsweetened plain dairy-free yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Pure Maple Syrup can sub regular granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Poppyseeds
  • 1 tablespoon Water use desired amount to create a thinner consistency.

Equipment

Method
 

Prepare the Poppyseed Dressing
  1. Whisk together the mayonnaise(or yogurt), maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, and poppyseeds in a small bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of water to thin. Add more depending on desired consistency. Refrigerate until serving.
Assemble the Salad
  1. To assemble the salad, place salad greens in a large bowl. Top with bacon, eggs, apple, pear, pecans & cranberries. 
  2. Add dressing to the salad about 15 minutes before you plan on serving it. You don’t want to add the dressing too far in advance, or the greens can get too soggy. Toss everything well & serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 458kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 9gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 14gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 125mgSodium: 308mgPotassium: 330mgFiber: 5gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 671IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Notes

To feed a crowd, ingredient sizes can be adjusted depending on how many people you will be serving.

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