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How To Make A Great Chopped Salad

June 11, 2019 by Sharon

How to make a great chopped salad might seem like a easy thing to do. However, if you are a true chopped salad lover, you know it takes time to construct the perfect chopped salad. I think I’ve done just that. 

I love salads. I judge a restaurant many times by how good their salads are. It’s one thing that I pretty much always order when I’m eating out.

One of the best salads I’ve ever had I shared with Dr. T at Farina in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. The salad was so big that it had to be shared. It had so many different vegetables chopped in little bits. It was delicious.

I spent that summer trying to recreate this salad for us to have with meals. I had a hard time doing it, but I recently, after many attempts, found a way to cut my lettuce so that it is in as small of bites at all the other veggies.

My favorite veggies to put in my chopped salad are: lettuce, cucumber, carrots, red onion, zucchini, yellow squash, cabbage, and bell peppers. Those ingredients make the best flavors with any dressing!!!

So here are a few pictures of the last time I made this salad. I didn’t have all the ingredients listed above, but it was still wonderful.

I found this chopper on Amazon and it was a game changer as far as finishing some of the vegetables with a final CHOP!!

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Can be purchased HERE.  Helps to make your chopped salad similar to a chopped salad at Subway.

These double bladed chopper knives are extremely sharp. I had to find a special place at the back of a drawer to store it. It has been a good purchase!!

 

I started with purple cabbage which is pretty easy to chop.

 

The trick to “chopping” the lettuce is to start by cutting thin lines.

 

Next, cut thin lines going the other way.
I then use my new chopper to finish any pieces I think are too large.

 

Add any other veggies that have been chopped along with the lettuce.
Toss

 

Finished product!! It is oh so good!!

 

 

I’m ready to make this easy, healthy salad as part of most meals this summer!!

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After her husband’s sudden and unexpected death, Sharon McCuistian found herself a widow at the age of 48. With two grown children in college, Sharon had to find a way to live in her new reality. She turned to the things she loved to help in her grief: faith, family, and friends. Her love of words and writing became the cathartic venue by which she began to process her loss. It is through her grief journey that Now Choose Life was born. Read More

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