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capricciosa salad topped with fresh basil

Capricciosa Salad Recipe

If you love big salads with tons of delicious and healthy ingredients you will love this Capricciosa salad. Just some basic chopping skills and you’re all set.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course lunch, Salad
Cuisine European
Servings 1 person
Calories 689.7 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

  • ¼ head of Iceberg lettuce
  • 2.5 oz Roma tomato (one tomato)
  • 1 oz onion (3 tbsp)
  • 2 slices black forest ham
  • 3 slices Havarti cheese
  • 2 oz red bell pepper (1/4 pepper)
  • 2.5 oz English cucumber
  • ½ can tuna (white in water)
  • 1 egg
  • 6 cocktail shrimp
  • 8 whole green olives
  • 2 tbsp G&K Italian salad dressing and Sub Sauce
  • 3 leaves fresh basil (for garnish)

Instructions
 

  • Start by adding some water to a small pot and setting it to boil. Once the water is boiling add the egg to the pot and cook it for 8 minutes. Once cooked, move the egg to a bowl with cold water to stop the cooking process.
    1 egg
  • Next, take a quarter of a head of iceberg lettuce and tear it or roughly chop it. Wash and dry it and move it to a salad bowl.
    ¼ head of Iceberg lettuce
  • Now prep your fresh veggies. Wash and dice the tomato and bell pepper, and slice the cucumber and onion.
    2.5 oz Roma tomato, 1 oz onion, 2 oz red bell pepper, 2.5 oz English cucumber
  • Add the veggies to the salad bowl spreading them all evenly on top.
  • Open and drain a can of tuna and add it to the bowl.
    ½ can tuna
  • Remove the tails from the shrimp and add them to your salad.
    6 cocktail shrimp
  • Stack the cheese and ham slices on top of each other, starting and finishing with a cheese slice. Cut the stack in half in one direction, then cut ½-inch wide wedges in the other. Add them to the bowl as well.
    2 slices black forest ham, 3 slices Havarti cheese
  • Roughly chop the egg and add it to the salad.
  • Lastly, add the olives on top.
    8 whole green olives
  • Drizzle with the dressing and, if desired, garnish with julienned fresh basil.
    2 tbsp G&K Italian salad dressing and Sub Sauce, 3 leaves fresh basil

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Capricciosa Salad Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
689.7
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
38.3
g
59
%
Saturated Fat
 
17.5
g
109
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
3.3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
14.1
g
Cholesterol
 
395.4
mg
132
%
Sodium
 
2097.6
mg
91
%
Potassium
 
1229.6
mg
35
%
Carbohydrates
 
20.5
g
7
%
Fiber
 
5.7
g
24
%
Sugar
 
11.9
g
13
%
Protein
 
67.9
g
136
%
Vitamin A
 
4276.8
IU
86
%
Vitamin C
 
90.8
mg
110
%
Calcium
 
663.1
mg
66
%
Iron
 
4.9
mg
27
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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