Italian Chopped Salad with Salami

Colorful, flavorful, and lettuce-free!

As much as I love a good, leafy salad, I sometimes get tired of all that lettuce. Oddly enough, lots of people don’t consider a salad a “salad” unless it has one of leafy greens like spinach, romaine, or maybe scariest of all, kale, lol! I’m here to break that stigma with this lettuce-free Italian Chopped Salad!

With cherry tomatoes, garbanzo beans, pepperocinis, red bell peppers, and of course, salami, this salad is amazingly delicious and unapologetically lettuce-free. The saltiness of the salami combined with shredded mozzarella gives the salad a hearty base, while the garbanzo beans and apple cider vinaigrette add texture and a subtle kick. Best of all, this leafless salad comes together in under five minutes and can be kept in the fridge for leftover all week long.

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Here’s how you’ll make my Italian Chopped Salad with Salami:

1. Toss everything together and season with salt and pepper. Feel free to edit or add ingredients based on preference!
2. Enjoy cold or room temperature. Saves well in fridge.

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Italian Chopped Salad with Salami

Colorful, flavorful, and lettuce-free!

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Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings 2 entrée salads

Ingredients

  

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For the salad

• 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes halved or quartered
• 1/2 can garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
• 1/2 shallot thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp sliced pepperocinis
• 1/4 cup jarred roasted bell peppers chopped
• 10 slices dry salami chopped
• 2 tbsp shredded mozzarella
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard
• drizzle of vinaigrette

For the apple cider vinaigrette

• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 garlic clove smashed
• kosher salt and black pepper

Instructions

 

For the salad

• Toss everything together and season with salt and pepper.
• Feel free to edit or add ingredients based on preference! Enjoy cold or room temperature. Saves well in the fridge.

For the apple cider vinaigrette

• Combine apple cider vinegar, olive oil, smashed garlic, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Drizzle over salad and enjoy!

Keyword apple cider vinaigrette, apple cider vinegar, cherry tomatoes, dijon mustard, garbanzo beans, lettuce free salad, mozzarella, salami, shallot

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