Chopped Salad Italiano

Lainey6605's Note:

This salad is filled with ham, veggies and whole-grain pasta and is delicious. It can even be a main dish. Recipe is from Kraft.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 cups

• 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce
• 1 ½ cups chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup whole wheat rotini , cooked and drained (or multi-grain pasta)
• ¾ cup colby-monterey jack cheese , crumbles (2 percent milk reduced fat)
• 1 cup chopped cucumber , unpeeled
• 1 (6 ounce) package 98% fat-free honey ham , chopped
• 4 slices bacon , cooked, crumbled
• ¼ cup zesty reduced-fat Italian salad dressing

Directions:

1. Place lettuce on serving platter.
2. Arrange remaining ingredients except dressing on lettuce.
3. Drizzle with dressing.
4. Toss just before serving.

Reviews

[bmcnichol]

Very good and easy to make. I made this up one night and let it sit and ate it for lunch the next day. Nice flavor. I followed the recipe as written other then I used Dreamfield pasta as that is what I buy. I also had cooked ham instead of honey ham and my dressing was not reduced fat. I also used shredded cheese instead of crumbles. Was a nice lunch.

[bluemoon downunder]

With the bacon and ham in this salad, it made for a one dish meal which we enjoyed for yesterday's lunch. As monterey jack cheese is not a cheese I'm familiar with, I used some cheddar (full cream) and some feta (low fat). I'm happy to eat low-fat versions of the white creamy cheeses, but would rather omit the cheese than use low-fat versions of the yellow cheeses which I find tasteless. A mix of these two cheeses seemed like a good compromise and provided an interesting taste contrast. I also added some fresh thyme. Thank you for sharing this very tasty salad, Lainey. Made for PRMR.

[Kittencalskitchen]

This was wonderful salad and a great way to use up leftover frozen ham from Thansgiving, I used feta cheese and cherry tomatoes and my Italian Seasoning Mix thanks for sharing this hon!...Kitten:)