Key Ingredients For This Recipe
Salad greens
My favorite salad greens for this recipe are mixed baby greens because they are a little peppery and go well with the bold flavors of this salad. I also like these toppings on a bed of baby spinach. You can also do a combination of both, or honestly use whichever salad green you prefer or have on hand.
Eggs
No Cobb salad would be complete without hard-boiled eggs. To make them easier to peel, it is best to hard boil eggs that are not super fresh.
Bacon
Try to look for uncured, smoked bacon without added sodium nitrates in it. You could also use turkey bacon if that’s what you prefer. Cook and crumble it into pieces.
Apple
I prefer to use crisp sweet apples such as Honeycrisp, pink lady, Mutsu, Piñata or Ambrosia in salads. It adds such nice freshness. You’ll need to dice it, but no need to peel. Read more about which are good to use in my guide to apples.
Cheddar Cheese
Typically a Cobb salad has blue cheese, but in this harvest version, we decided to use cheddar cheese. The flavors of the apples, bacon and cheddar are amazing together! Extra sharp cheddar cheese is my favorite because it is quite strong, so a little goes a long way. It’s so creamy, tangy and a little nutty.
Spiced nuts
You can either make your own homemade spiced nuts or purchase them at the store.
Vinaigrette
Last but not least you’ll need a tasty vinaigrette to finish off this salad. I have tons of salad dressing recipes here on my site, but if you need some guidance, my Maple Tahini Dressing, Maple Sherry Vinaigrette or Apple Cider Vinaigrette are all excellent options. This Cranberry Vinaigrette or Lemon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing are other ideas to try. You can’t really go wrong!