Vegetarian Italian Chopped Salad

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Ingredients

  • Salad
  • 10 ounces chopped romaine lettuce* (about 2 medium or 3 small heads, chopped)
  • ½ medium head of radicchio*, finely chopped (about 2 cups)
  • ½ medium red onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
  • 2 ribs celery, chopped
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 2 t. stemmed and thinly sliced pickled pepperoncini peppers
  • ⅓ cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, rinsed and roughly chopped
  • 1 can (15 ounces) no salt chickpeas, rinsed and drained, or 1½ cups cooked chickpeas1
  • cup (4 ounces)
  • 4 oz cubes of provolone cheese (optional)
  • Italian vinaigrette
  • ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 10 twists freshly ground black pepper
  • Pinch of red pepper flakes, for heat (optional)

Instructions

In a large serving bowl, combine the chopped lettuce, radicchio, onion, celery, cherry tomatoes, peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, chickpeas and cheese (if using).

Toss the ingredients together and set aside.

To prepare the dressing, combine all of the ingredients in a liquid measuring cup. Whisk until blended.

If you’ll be serving all of the salad at once, go ahead and drizzle enough dressing in to lightly coat the salad and toss to combine.

I prefer to store the salad and dressing separately so I can enjoy salad for a few days.

Just whisk the dressing again before drizzling (if the olive oil solidifies a bit in the refrigerator, don’t worry, that’s normal—just let it warm up for about 5 minutes at room temperature or microwave for 10 to 20 seconds).

Recipe found at Cookie and Kate, adapted for low sodium.

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