Skinny Chef’s Salad

Name: Skinny Chef’s Salad
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 4 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled; 9 ounces (about 10 cups) sweet butter lettuce mix; 4 ounces ham, diced; 12 ounces thickly sliced turkey breast (from the deli counter), cut into wide strips; 1 cup shredded 75% reduced-fat cheddar cheese, such as Cabot; 1 cup grape tomatoes, sliced in half; 1 small cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick half-moons (about 1 1/2 cups); Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 cup “Russian Island” Dressing (page 203) or store-bought reduced-fat Russian dressing

December 9, 2011

Never trust a skinny chef—or one who serves you an 800- to 1,400-calorie chef’s salad! If you think you’re being good when you order this dish, think again. Given the exceedingly large quantity of deli meats, the Russian dressing, and the boiled eggs, you might as well eat a Big Mac. This version, however, really is a skinny salad. It calls for egg whites only, reduced-fat cheddar, and a reduced-fat full-flavor Russian dressing of my own creation.

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