Salad is something that I am always willing to have only if somebody can make it for me. Otherwise, I simply ignore the idea of relishing a bowl of salad. For many, salad is an essential part of their daily diet. These people mostly include fitness enthusiasts. For me, it’s my mother who always emphasis having salad at least once a day even though she herself doesn’t abide by that sometimes. Anyway, don’t you feel that anything that can be quick to make is made frequently at home? Time constraint is one of the major reasons why most people look for recipes that can be made in just 2 or 5 minutes. After all, cooking is any day better than ordering from a restaurant. Today, I have come up with an easy-to-make salad recipe. I am talking about the lesser-known Cobb salad. Before telling you its recipe, let’s know a bit about it in detail.
Cobb Salad
This quintessential American salad is all about nutrition and deliciousness. Filled with an array of mouth-watering flavours, Cobb salad is not just perfect for your palates but also a treat to your eyes. It is made with a mix of creamy blue cheese, chicken, boiled eggs, fresh greens, and chives. What’s worth talking about it is its dressing which is made by the amalgamation of red wine vinaigrette, mild spices, and Dijon mustard.
Cobb Salad’s history dates back to 1937. It is said that craving for an instant meal led to the invention of Cobb salad. The story goes like this – One fine day, a man named Bob Cobb, who was the owner of Brown Derby restaurant in California was feeling extremely hungry and thus started looking for ingredients to make a quick meal. His craving was making him impatient and thus he started ruffling and shuffling through the refrigerator in a jiffy. He managed to randomly get and pick ingredients including hard-boiled eggs, chives, avocado, tomatoes, and blue cheese. In addition, he could smell bacon being cooked in his neighbourhood so he quickly went there and brought that too to create something to eat. He quickly mixed all the ingredients along with bacon. Later, he shared this incident with his friend Sid Grauman who came to his restaurant the very next day and ordered the special salad that Bob Cobb had created by calling it Cobb salad. This is how this sumptuous classic got its name.
Enough of the history! Let’s now straight away get to its recipe.