Curious Cobb Jar Salad with Homemade Vinaigrette

Cobb salads are simply delicious! Add a jar and you are on your way to pure delight. This Curious Cobb Jar Salad recipe walks you through the simple steps of layering tasty, colorful, and nutritious ingredients into a healthy meal that is great to take to work, pack for school, or pull from the fridge on a busy day.

I’m a big fan of basic meal prep — pre-chopping, dicing, slicing, roasting, and measuring — so that pulling nourishing meals together throughout the week feels manageable. Jar salads are a great example. Once your ingredients are cut and cooked, assembly is a breeze.

Successful jar salads are all about proper assembly!

1. Adding the dressing first prevents the lettuce from getting soggy.
2. Hearty vegetables that hold up to liquid (and are tasty marinated) go in next (carrots, peppers, celery, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and even cucumbers are examples).
3. Next are proteins — diced chicken, chopped steak, pulled pork, sliced egg, etc.
4. More delicate ingredients, such as olives, cheese, and green onions should then be added.
5. Keeping the greens at the top means they stay crisp!
6. Finish your jar salad with any toppings — nuts, seeds, and dried fruits. 

Multiply this Cobb Jar Salad recipe by the number of people in your family and send one along with everyone for the day.

Curious Cobb Jar Salad with Homemade Vinaigrette

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• Author: Shannon Doleac
• Yield: Serves 1 – 2 1x

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Ingredients

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Dressing:

• 2 1/2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar reserve
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 tsp Herbs de Provence
• 1/8 tsp sea salt
• 1/8 tsp black pepper

Salad:

• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 8 cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
• 1/3 cup green olives
• 2 hardboiled eggs, sliced
• Small handful of chopped peppered salami
• 1/2 avocado, chopped
• 1 1/2 oz chopped cheddar cheese
• 1 Tbsp sunflower seeds
• Chopped Romaine lettuce, to fill

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Instructions

1. Whisk together dressing ingredients and add to the bottom of a quart sized mason jar.
2. Add onion, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, hardboiled egg, salami, avocado, cheese, and sunflower seeds in layers.
3. Fill the rest of the jar with Romaine lettuce.
4. Add a lid.
5. When you are ready to eat, simple shake and eat, or empty jar on a plate and enjoy.