Summer is HERE! Wowee zowee it’s been a beautiful July filled with plenty of sunshine, swimming, fresh fruit, and family time. It’s also a very special feeling being in Canada for the whole spring-to-summer transition once again. It’s one of my favourite things, watching this little part of the world turn green and warm, for the lakes and rivers to invite us in, for the farmers’ markets to burst with local goodness, and for the long days to stretch into equally enchanted nights.
I don’t cook a whole lot this time of year – I like to keep my food really fresh, mostly raw and pretty light. If I am turning the stove or oven on, it’s often to make staples that I can keep on hand in the fridge to amp up a salad or sandwich. Lentils, beans, and quinoa are some rotating essentials that I can add a bunch of fresh veggies to, or turn into a dip. I also love to have some coconut bacon from my second cookbook, Naturally Nourished, on hand to add awesome flavour and texture to something as basic as avocado toast.
The inspiration for this salad came when I had just made a fresh batch of this magical stuff, and I was trying to come up with some alternative uses for it (besides the best B.L.T. ever) when I remembered another classic bacon meal: the Cobb Salad! If you live outside of North America, chances are you’re not familiar with this iconic dish, a texture-rich combination of chopped romaine, avocado, tomato, chives, hard-boiled eggs, bacon, and chicken. It’s a rich and protein-heavy “salad”, often smothered in a creamy blue cheese dressing. Whoa! Major. Needless to say, I knew that this was perfect makeover fodder, and I had everything I needed to get started.
To turn this indulgent dish into something just as delicious, but actually a salad, was relatively easy. First, I decided to turn up the green and add some spinach to the mix. This small addition delivers more iron, protein, vitamin C and folate. Instead of chicken, I pointed my garden arrow at peas, to add body and filling fiber. Cooked chickpeas, butter beans or French lentils would also work beautifully in their place. Watermelon radishes just came into season here, and it was a total no-brainer to add them to this version, since they add great crunch, delicious earthiness, and pink. Because pink! And of course I kept the avocado…duh.
The Creamy Chive Dressing is such a win here. I created it in hopes of maintaining that rich and satisfying mouthfeel that blue cheese dressing lends to the classic Cobb, but without the cheese, cream, sour cream and mayo (I mean, holy cow). Instead I used hemp seeds, which are rich in Omega-3 fats, and protein to energize our summer bods. It’s tangy, a little garlic-y, and super fresh. And since my recipe makes more than enough for this salad, pour the rest over thickly sliced beefsteak tomatoes, grilled eggplant and zucchini, or fold it into cooked grains and greens.
My version of Cobb Salad is more of a concept than a recipe – so feel free to play around a bit with what you have, in the amounts that you have. And if you’ve got some other salad-y things kicking around that would work here, toss them in! No rules, just a clean-out-the-fridge kinda deal. It’s summer. Let’s keep things easy and flowin’!
To say I’m obsessed with this salad is an understatement. It’s the perfect summer meal and has everything going on with its fresh, crunchy, garden-fresh veggies and greens, creamy avocado, juicy tomatoes, rich and smoky coconut bacon, smooth and tangy chive dressing, satisfying eggs, and if you don’t want to dive face first into that bowl right now I don’t think we’ll ever be friends ; )
Summer Cobb Salad with Coconut Bacon
Serves 2 as a meal, 4 as a side
Ingredients:
1 head of romaine lettuce
a couple large handfuls of spinach
a few handfuls fresh peas, raw or lightly steamed
2 medium watermelon radish
1-2 ripe avocados, depending on how hungry you are
2-3 soft-boiled eggs, optional
a couple handfuls of Coconut Bacon (recipe follows)
a generous drizzle of Creamy Chive Dressing (recipe follows)
chives for garnish
flaky salt and pepper for garnish
Directions:
1. Roughly chop the romaine and spinach, and place in a large salad bowl.
2. Thinly slice the watermelon radishes, peel and slice the avocado, cut the eggs in half, and add these ingredients to the greens. Scatter peas throughout, toss on the Coconut Bacon, drizzle with the Creamy Chive Dressing and garnish with chives, salt and pepper. Devour and rejoice.
Coconut Bacon
Makes 5 cups / 200g
Ingredients:
¼ cup / 60ml tamari
¼ cup / 60ml maple syrup
3 Tbsp. melted coconut oil
1 Tbsp. liquid smoke
1 tsp. freshly cracked black pepper
½ tsp. garlic powder
5 cups / 200g coconut flakes
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325°F / 160°C.
2. Whisk all wet ingredients together in a large bowl. Add coconut flakes and toss well to coat. Let the coconut sit and marinate in the liquid for about 5 minutes.
3. Place coconut on a parchment-lined baking sheet, spreading it out evenly. Bake for 20-30 minutes, stirring every 7 minutes or so, until fragrant and crispy. The coconut will crisp up outside the oven as well, so take that into consideration. Store in an airtight container for up to three weeks.
Creamy Chive dressing
Makes 1 ½ cups / 375ml
Ingredients:
¾ cup / 100g hemp seeds
zest of 1 lemon
¼ cup / 60ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 clove garlic
2 Tbsp. cold-pressed olive oil
2 tsp. pure maple syrup
¼ tsp. fine sea salt
½ cup / 125ml water, or more as needed
3 Tbsp. finely minced chives
Directions:
1. Place all ingredients except for the chives in a blender (a high-speed blender is definitely recommended) and blend on high until completely smooth and creamy. Add the minced chives and pulse once or twice just to incorporate them. Taste and adjust seasoning if desired. If the dressing is too thick, add a little water and blend well again.
2. Pour dressing into a glass jar and store leftovers in the fridge for up to one week.
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Thanks for sharing the wonderful post. Keep it up.
Thanks for your recipe!
I love salad so much, I will make it for my family at the weekend.
Wat a combo ! It’s very healthier as well as looking so nice. I wanna taste it now!!!
Looks amazing! I look forward to making this. Do you store the leftover coconut bacon in an air-tight container in the refrigerator, or is this unnecessary? Thanks.
This is really interesting! Love the story behind the recipe! This is one of my favorite things to order when we go out for Chinese food! Can’t wait to give it a try!
What a wonderful and unique way to add flavour to a salad! LONG LIVE COCONUT
Hi, I thought the coconut bacon is suppose to be cooked at 160 F in the oven like in the recipe for coconut bacon in your BLT recipe in the My New Roots cookbook.
I saw this recipe when you first posted it and finally made the coconut “bacon”, which is fabulous! I have just been snacking on some of it straight, in little pinches from the container. It hits all my snacky weak spots: crispy, salty, a bit sweet — and the smokiness is amazing. It’s satisfying too! I’ve never eaten actual bacon, but this seems to be all the bacony things that meat-eaters say they love about it.
Also, I have made and shared the life-changing bread with dear friends who manage a host of food restrictions and it really has been life-changing for them. Thank you for that. Not all food constraints are by choice, and we love ensuring that everyone can eat together *well*, no matter the preferences and necessities.
Thank you for sharing the recipe! The salad looks really good and I love that I could add anything I have 😀
Hi Sarah — this salad looks great, definitely going to try it very soon!
I see that you’ve redesigned the site, but I can’t find your old “Recipes” tab anywhere — I loved how it was organized by season… really spoke to my heart 😉 Is this page still available somewhere? Thanks much.
I love all of your recipes! This salad is so tasty. My favorite part is the dressing though! I’ve been looking for a simple creamy dressing that’s different than a cashew cream or tahini base, and this does the trick. I love how fast it is AND of course it’s delicious 😉 Thanks!
Cobb Salad is healthy for lunch and your Recipe is really good I will try at home.
Thanks
Love the color and presentation. Will definitely try this healthy recipe. My husband is also happy about this. freddy
Coconut bacon is my new FAVORITE vegan alternative. so flavorful. Thanks for finding a creative way to incorporate it into a truly amazing salad. keep up the good work
Can you confirm what the name temp should be in Fahrenheit? I just bought your cookbook My New Roots and the temps are different to what is here!
This looks amazing!
Such an amazing combination ?
“Long time listener, first time caller.” 😉
Sarah, you’ve done it again! I just made this for dinner and I’m having a hard time not eating all of the coconut bacon in one sitting!!! As someone who has never actually had bacon (I hear that trying turkey bacon that one time doesn’t count), I can’t attest to its accuracy… but OH EM GEE! Run, don’t walk, to make this scrumptious meal!
Keep it up!
Lianna
I made the dressing and it’s delicious, I added some fresh basil which was very tasty! Next time I’ll use less maple or leave out altogether, it was a bit sweet for me. Thanks for the great recipe!
Sarah this is craaaaaazy amazing.
xo
The Summer Cobb Salad looks nice. Thanks for your recipe.
We are not vegetarians or vegans but this salad looks fantastic and my husband actually is will to try hehe I’m all about trying new healthy things so I can’t to make this!
Hi Sarah! Amazing recipe that‘ll be on the table very soon. Just out of curiosity and since I‘m slowly shifting towards a vegan diet rn.. : how come you eat eggs?
All the best! X
Really enjoyed this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Love this salad recipe, it looks delicious, gonna try it but I don’t think i’ll be getting all the the ingredients here at my location.
What an amazing recipe, however I’ve never seen liquid smoke in the shops before. Do you think the coconut bacon would work without it?
Hi Sarah,
yes it does. It tastes incredible without the smoky flavour.
I would like to take this oppotunity to thank Ms Britton for the great recipe that made my day.
Nice idea of salad..
Looks light and delicious..
Sarah-so excited to try this soon!
What brand of coconut flakes do you use? When I’ve made coconut bacon in the past it’s been a bit soggy/limp, and I think it has to do with the fact that my coconut is too flimsy in the first place.
Thanks for being awesome!
-Julie
Beautiful post! Word to the wise: if you make coconut bacon with finely shredded coconut it makes a fun sweet/salty finish for a creamy, Southern style banana pudding and is incredible on vanilla ice cream type desserts (maybe our blog author would suggest using it to top a super healthy date/banana smoothie with whipped coconut cream on top, LOL….
I have to tell that your cobb salad looks so beautiful, as a picture of a beautiful lake I ever seen in my trip to Asia. You inspire me and make me curious to try this recipe. Hope it would be beautiful like this
Hi Sarah!
The salad looks just brilliant!!!! The prettiest salad I’ve ever seen!!! Wow!
As I am from Europe, do you have some website to recommend (that delivers to EU) where I can buy watermelon radish seeds? I’ve never seen them in my country. I think it would be sacrilege to make this salad without this beauties, so hopefully next year 😉
This salad looks amazing! I usually just use bacon since I am not vegetarian but this coconut bacon recipe intrigues me… I might just try it! Also, this might be a silly question but do you eat the pea pods as well as the peas themselves? I always threw them out! What a waste!
Such a beautiful salad. What page is the coconut bacon on in your book? I can’t seem to find it and don’t know how I missed it on my first go through because it looks fantastic.
Super yum! A little tip… my oven is generally cooler than most, but my coconut bacon burnt to a crisp at 250ºC in under 20 mins. So best to keep an eye on it, and modify according to your oven.
Hey Sarah,
Yikes! So sorry, this was my typo. I switched the C° and the F° in the directions! It’s now fixed, but apologies for burning your bacon! I hope you try again 😉
xo, Sarah B
Wow it seems too delicious. Will definitely try this on my weekends. Thanks for sharing such a sweet and mouth watering recipe.
Hi Preeti,
You’re welcome! I hope you give it a try <3
xo, Sarah B
Looks so good! Love the color and presentation. Will definitely try this healthy recipe.
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Just put the bacon in the oven now. I think you mixed up the C and F…..
Hey Michelle,
That’s great! I hope it turned out well 😀
And yes, thank you. I’ve made the correction now – appreciate you letting me know!
Smiles,
Sarah B
I am DROOLING over that coconut bacon, wow! And the part where you said you kept the avocado, that made me laugh, haha, of course you gotta have the avocado! Looks like the perfect summer dish 🙂
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Hi Beatrice,
Haha, thanks 😉 Who would replace that?! I mean… 😉
I hope you get to try the bacon! It’s AMAZING (ahem, if I do say so myself).
xo, Sarah B
Sarah! You nailed this dressing, so good! Thank you!
Hello Cristina!
Mmmmm – thank you! I’m so happy to hear that 😀 I actually just made a batch for the week and really pleased with how it turned out…haha! I think it’s going to be on heavy rotation for a long time!
Thanks for the sweet note. Happy cooking!
xo, Sarah B
Oh my gosh I can’t WAIT to try this! Love the coconut bacon idea!!!
Hi Chrystina,
I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with this one 😉 I hope you love it!!!
xo, Sarah B
I’ve honestly never been into Cobb Salad, for all the heavy on protein and light on salad reasons you mentioned. But this is absolutely beautiful and a cobb salad I can get behind! LOVE the watermelon radish addition!
GORGEOUS!!
Love at first sight! I’ll be making this recipe this weekend!
Hey Rita,
How was it?!?! I hope delish 😉
Hugs,
Sarah B