Description
Easy to put together with make-ahead options, this Ham & Asparagus Cobb salad is a total treat for the eyes AND the taste buds! The dreamy, creamy tarragon mustard dressing is the awesome sauce that ties it all together.
Ingredients
Scale
For the roasted asparagus, peppers & onion:
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 1 bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips (preferably red, yellow or orange)
- 1/2 of a red onion, peeled and sliced thin
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- Bacon salt (or regular salt) and Trader Joe’s 21 Seasoning Salute (or your favorite no-salt seasoning)
For the creamy tarragon mustard dressing:
- 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt or cottage cheese
- 1/3 cup mayo
- 2 – 4 cloves garlic, peeled – or 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon EACH: salt and sugar
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons – 2 Tablespoons good quality mustard (more or less to taste)
- Several sprigs of fresh tarragon (6 – 8 sprigs about 6 inches long)
- A small sprig of fresh dill or fennel
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Milk, as needed to thin
For the salad:
- Greens of choice
- Ham, chopped
- Avocado, cut into slices or chunks
- Feta cheese, crumbled (best marinated! – recipe here)
- Chopped sweet tomatoes
- Optional: chopped hard boiled egg
Instructions
- Toss the asparagus, bell pepper strips, and onion slices in olive oil. Sprinkle with seasonings and either put in the air fryer at 370 for 5 – 10 minutes or set on an oiled pan and roast in the oven for 15 – 20 minutes.
- While the veggies are roasting, blend together the dressing ingredients in a mini food processor or handi chopper, adding milk as needed to thin.
- Assemble the salad! Start with a bed of greens, then make stripes with the tomatoes, ham, asparagus, roasted peppers and onions and the rest of the salad ingredients. Let the long asparagus spears be the centerpiece.
- Serve with the dressing to drizzle as you like and enjoy. Save leftover dressing for other salads or use it as a dip.
Notes
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