Italian Chopped Salads

Check out this ‘TastebyTal’ take on CPK’s Italian chopped salad! This is one of my favorite salads so I wanted to make it even healthier! I swapped out the turkey and salami for chicken breast. CPK uses half romaine and half iceberg lettuce but I chose red cabbage since it has more nutrients! I also used low fat mozzarella cheese. The salad dressing recipe from the CPK cookbook. ENJOY!

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Ingredients

• 1 head of romaine, chopped into 1/8 inch wide strips

• 1/4 head of red cabbage, chopped into 1/8 inch wide strips

• 10 leaves of fresh basil, chopped into fine strips

• 8oz can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
  

• 1 cup low fat mozzarella cheese, shredded

• 2 tomatoes, seeded and diced

• 1/2 lb cooked chicken breast, diced

• Dressing (recipe below)
  

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Directions

• Toss together all the ingredients.
• Make the dressing. Wisk together:
  1 teaspoon garlic, minced
  2 teaspoons shallots, minced
  2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried oregano
  2 teaspoons dried parsley 
  1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt 
  1⁄4 cup red wine vinegar 
  1 1⁄3 cups olive oil 
  3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated