Food Friday! Chopped Salad

Difficulty Level: 3 PITAs

Cookware:
(Sharp) Knife, Cutting Board, Big Ass Salad Bowl

There's pretty much nothing more satisfying than a #bigasssalad! This is our famous Bergmann Chopped Salad which includes shredded red leaf lettuce, hot house cucumber, yellow pepper, cherry tomatoes, chick peas, radishes, red onion, and blue cheese. Usually topped with #homemade goddess dressing. #Saturday #healthyeating #foodporn #fitchicks #healthandwellness #salad #fitfam

A post shared by Beth Konopka Bergmann (@bethabergmann) on Aug 8, 2015 at 12:07pm PDT

 
Ingredients (for 4-5 quarts of salad):
1 head of Red Leaf Lettuce
1 Pepper (Yellow or Orange)
4-5 Radishes (depending on size)
1/2 Hot House Cucumber
1/2 Small Red Onion
1 Avocado
1/2 can of Chick Peas
Small cupped handful of Blue Cheese

Dressing (We make a homemade Goddess dressing for this salad)

First thing’s first… wash all of your veggies!

Chopping methods:

Lettuce leaves should be removed from the heart individually. Bunch the leaves together and and cut leaves into small thin shreds from top to bottom. Then, cross cut the shreds.

Dice pepper, radishes, cucumber, avocado, and (finely dice) red onion.

Drain chickpeas (save bean juice for storing other half of can) and toss into salad.

Crumble blue cheese.

Toss all ingredients together in giant bowl then slowly add in dressing.

Sides: This is your side!
Booze: A light crisp prosecco or sparkling wine.

For weight loss: remove avocado and blue cheese.

Original Recipe: This is a Bergmann Original Recipe.