Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Vegan Cobb Salad



I remember eating a lot of Cobb Salads when I would go out to eat lunch with my dad at the Calhoun Beach Club. I was six, and everything else on the menu didn't appeal to me like a big bowl of meat, cheese, and ranch dressing. It's definitely a comfort food memory for me.

I really miss creamy salad dressings. I didn't like them as much as an omnivore, but now that I'm vegan, I long for bleu cheese and ranch. I whipped up this ranch dressing today, and I hit it on the head. It was perfect!

Vegan Ranch Dressing
1/2 cup reduced fat Vegenaise (I know the purple one is awesome, but the RF is actually just as good, and with fewer calories)
1/2 tsp onion powder
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tsp dried dill
pinch salt
1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk

Blend until smooth. Add soy milk slowly, until it reaches your preferred ranch thickness.

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The salad is basically your regular green salad with cukes, mushrooms, etc. Toss with dressing. Decorate the top with Smart bacon (I grilled it--AWESOME)or Bac'uns,strips of hickory smoked Tofurky slices, spicy chik'n strips (Boca) or some other kind of vegan chik'n, and your favorite cheezes. I used Daiya cheddar and mozzarella.

Serve with a big piece of toasted baguette, and lots of ice water. Awesome hangover cure.

3 comments:

GiGi said...

Oooh I'm going to have to make me some vegan ranch. Everything goes better with Daiya too. Thanx for posting.

Veg-In-Training said...

Food memories are the best!

Gauri Radha गौरी राधा said...

That looks very good!!