Italian Chopped Salad

Alicia Calvo, MPH, RDN, CDCES, CEDRD

This Italian Chopped Salad is filled with the flavors of Italy and can be used as a side dish or a main course.

Prep Time: 30min | Total Time: 30min | Yield: 4

Ingredients:

Salad

• ½ head Romaine lettuce

• ½ head iceburg lettuce

• 3 green onions, sliced

• 3 medium tomatoes, diced fine

• ¼ cup basil, chopped fine

• 4 oz. provolone cheese, sliced into thin strips

• 2 oz. turkey salami, diced fine

• 8 oz. deli turkey, sliced into thin strips or 15 oz. can kidney beans

• 8 oz. can garbanzo beans

• ¼ cup pitted black olives

• ¼ cup sliced pepperoncini peppers

Vinaigrette Dressing

• 2 Tbsp. olive oil

• 1 tsp. chopped garlic

• 1 tsp. Dijon mustard

• ¼ cup Balsamic vinegar

• 2 Tbsp. water

• ½ tsp. of kosher salt

• ½ tsp. of fresh black pepper

Instructions:

1. Chop lettuce into thin strips with chopping knife. Place in a large salad bowl.

2. Add sliced green onion, chopped tomatoes, and basil. Add sliced cheese, salami, turkey or beans, olives and pepperoncini peppers.

3. Whisk together vinaigrette dressing ingredients in a small bowl.

4. Toss right before serving with vinaigrette dressing.

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 300

Total Fat: 10 g

Total Carbohydrates: 22 g

Protein: 28 g

Equivalents: 1 Vegetable, 1 Fat, ⅓ Fruit