TOTAL TIME: 15 minutes

PREP TIME: 15 minutes

COOK TIME: 0

Italian Chopped Salad is my favorite quick lunch I love to whip up with ingredients I usually have on hand in my refrigerator! So simple, and can easily be modified to suit your taste.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 4 cups chopped romaine
  • 1/2 cup peeled English cucumber, cubed
  • 1/2 cup halved cherry tomato
  • sliced red onion
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • kosher salt and black pepper
  • 1/2 roasted red pepper (in water), chopped
  • 1 ounce genoa salami, sliced
  • 6 tablespoons shredded part-skim mozzarella

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Toss the lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion with oil and vinegar, season with salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Top with roasted red pepper, salami and mozzarella.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Yield: 2 servings, Serving Size: 1/2

  • Amount Per Serving:
  • Freestyle Points: 8
  • Points +: 8
  • Calories: 271 calories
  • Total Fat: 22g
  • Saturated Fat: 5.5g
  • Cholesterol: 22.5mg
  • Sodium: 556mg
  • Carbohydrates: 9g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Sugar: 3.5g
  • Protein: 12g

VARIATIONS:

  • Swap the salami with sopressata or proscuitto
  • Swap some of the Romaine lettuce with radicchio or butter lettuce
  • Replace the salami with canned chickpeas to make it vegetarian
  • Also great with hard boiled eggs
  • Add olives
  • Add pepperoncini