Chef Salad
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Chef Salad – a healthy and delicious salad that’s perfect for lunch or dinner with a homemade dressing and the perfect meal for under 30 minutes.
Oh hi there, web peeps! How about something healthy for a change? This salad is awesome and it’s very very filling. You can have this as a main meal for lunch or dinner. My husband almost had a fit when he saw salad for dinner, but as he started eating it, he loved it and he was actually very full after.
This salad has the best ingredients. Boiled eggs, ham, cheese, delicious croutons, which I couldn’t stop eating and it’s loaded with veggies. This salad is so good you won’t even feel like you’re eating a salad.
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Chef Salad
Prep: 30 mins
Total: 30 mins
Serves: 4
Chef Salad - a healthy and delicious salad that's perfect for lunch or dinner with a homemade dressing and the perfect meal for under 30 minutes.
Ingredients
For Dressing
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1/2 tbsp sugar granulated
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp black pepper freshly ground
- 1/4 tsp salt or to taste
For Salad
- 1 boston lettuce chopped
- 1/2 cup peas
- 1/2 cup carrots grated
- 3/4 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 3/4 cup ham chopped
- 1/2 english cucumber sliced
- 6 green onions chopped
- 6 cherry tomatoes quartered or halved
- 4 eggs hard boiled
Instructions
- Mix the first 6 ingredients in a small bowl to make the dressing for the salad.
- Mix all the salad ingredients together and plate in a salad bowl. Drizzle with the dressing.
Recipe Notes
To get perfect hard boiled eggs all the time, add your eggs eggs to a saucepan, cover with at least 2 inches of cold water. Bring the water to a full boiling, you should see big boiling bubbles, turn off the heat and cover the pot. Keep the saucepan on the burner for about 10 to 12 minutes. At this point I like to run cold water over the eggs and peel them under the tap, this way it's easy to peel the eggs and you get perfectly peeled eggs every single time.
Adding a bit of salt or vinegar to your water for the eggs, will prevent the eggs from cracking while cooking.
Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 452kcal (23%)Carbohydrates: 11g (4%)Protein: 19g (38%)Fat: 36g (55%)Saturated Fat: 10g (63%)Cholesterol: 213mg (71%)Sodium: 849mg (37%)Potassium: 509mg (15%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 6g (7%)Vitamin A: 5115IU (102%)Vitamin C: 20mg (24%)Calcium: 223mg (22%)Iron: 2.6mg (14%)
Nutrition Facts
Chef Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 452
Calories from Fat 324
% Daily Value*
Fat 36g55%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Cholesterol 213mg71%
Sodium 849mg37%
Potassium 509mg15%
Carbohydrates 11g4%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 19g38%
Vitamin A 5115IU102%
Vitamin C 20mg24%
Calcium 223mg22%
Iron 2.6mg14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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J-nine says
This is my favorite salad! I mix up the salad ingredients for different flavors and it is always amazing! We don’t eat pork so we use turkey or chicken in place of the ham.
Adding fresh herbs (dill, parsley, cilantro) to the lettuce adds a great flavor profile.
J-nine says
This is my favorite salad! I mix up the salad ingredients for different flavors and it is always amazing!
Adding fresh herbs (dill, parsley, cilantro) to the lettuce adds a great flavor profile.
Gail Levitt says
Thx for the dressing recipe! I will definitely be making this again…and I like that the ingredients are always at hand. (At least for me 🙂
Linda Swoveland says
I prepared mine with Turkey, less calories without ham, I don’t care for eggs omitted them also. I used Sweet ‘n Low in place of sugar.
My chef salad was delicious and filling. I’m watching carbs, to drop a few pounds plus I’m type 2 diabetic.
Love the dressing it’s yummy!!!
Ryan says
Am I just really blind, or is there no ham listed in the ingredients?
Joanna Cismaru says
Ha! 😂Not blind! Added it now.
Brenda says
Thank you for this recipe! I love it!