Cobb Salad

Cobb Salad: The Perfect Keto Meal

Cobb Salad is perhaps the most perfect keto meal. The combination of bacon, eggs, low-carb veggies, and healthy fats makes it an all-around winner. When eating out at restaurants, it's the first thing I look for on the menu (unless it's breakfast, in which case I look for eggs benedict). I don't cook bacon at home very often, but when I do, I always save a couple slices for a cobb salad.

Where's the blue cheese?

OK fine, you caught me. Cobb salad is supposed to have blue cheese. Yet, my salad suspiciously has little squares of colby jack cheese instead. So sue me. I am one of many people on this planet that finds blue cheese to be a bit too far on the smelly scale. But if you are a fan of the blue, then you should go right ahead and use it. Blue cheese is good for you and is one of the better keto-friendly cheeses. Goat cheese, feta, and pretty much any other cheese would work as well.

Nutrition

This is one serving?

I stand by that. Technically, this could be two servings. Maybe it should be two servings. But after I made it, I ate the entire bowl... and I'm guessing you might too. So let's call it what it is. Of course, this is a very hearty meal with almost 800 calories. You'll probably be quite full afterwards and stay that way for hours. IT IS OK to have a heavy meal in the middle of the day, as long as your other meals that day are lighter. Especially if you are doing intermittent fasting, your meals will be larger and you should not count calories if you're only eating one or two meals per day.

Too much protein?

If you are concerned that the protein is too much, then leave out the chicken. There's enough protein in the bacon, cheese and egg. That would reduce the protein by 8g.

📖 Recipe

Cobb Salad

A traditional cobb salad is a great choice for Keto. Bacon, egg, avocado, and more... plus this version includes a cheese that is not blue cheese.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 1

Ingredients

 

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• 1 cup romaine lettuce, chopped
• ½ cup fresh spinach
• 3 oz chicken (about half of one breast)
• 2 slices bacon, crumbled
• ½ avocado
• 1 hard boiled egg
• 5 grape tomatoes
• 1 oz colby jack cheese
• 1 tablespoon chives, for garnish

Dressing

• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• salt and pepper

Instructions

 

• Get out a cutting board and cut the chicken into slices or cubes. Slice the hard boiled egg in half, and then half again. Cut the tomatoes in half, the chives into small slivers, and the cheese into small pieces. Peel the avocado and cut into slices.
• Assemble your salad. Start with the greens on the bottom, then add all salad ingredients on top.
• To make the salad dressing, whisk together the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, salt and pepper. Drizzle over the salad and serve.

Notes

I consider this one serving because I ate the entire thing in one sitting, but you could certainly split this up into two separate servings. 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cobb Salad

Amount per Serving

Calories

793.7

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

69.5

g

107

%

Saturated Fat

 

17.1

g

107

%

Cholesterol

 

259.7

mg

87

%

Sodium

 

621.3

mg

27

%

Potassium

 

1145.5

mg

33

%

Carbohydrates

 

16

g

5

%

Fiber

 

9.1

g

38

%

Sugar

 

4.4

g

5

%

Net Carbs

 

6.9

g

Protein

 

30.2

g

60

%

Vitamin A

 

7084.6

IU

142

%

Vitamin C

 

29.5

mg

36

%

Calcium

 

261.6

mg

26

%

Iron

 

2.8

mg

16

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information is estimated. Amounts may vary depending on the specific brand and/or type of ingredients you use. Sugar alcohols and other sweeteners that typically do not effect blood glucose levels, including but not limited to erythritol and allulose, are excluded from the carb count.