Super Italian Chopped Salad Recipe

Reviewed on May. 07, 2012 by mar52ty

I made this recipe Sunday for a birthday party and served it with tenderloin steaks! I followed the recipe except I used small cherry tomatoes instead of the medium tomatoes. Great side dish or for a lunch served with crusty bread. Will definitely make this again! Thanks for sharing!!

Reviewed on May. 02, 2012 by cherrylady

Made this recipe exactly as it is written. Wow! Loved! Loved! Loved! it! A great summertime meal with good bread. Thank you!

Reviewed on May. 02, 2012 by zippee-0415

Wonderful salad ... I served four adults as a main course with a loaf of crusty bread ... we ate very bite. It's a keeper

Reviewed on May. 01, 2012 by lilygirl

I used to make a recipe very similar for my family when my kids were young. The first warm day of the year called for this salad for supper. We always looked forward to it. Didn't need a recipe then, just what sounded good. This sounds wonderful. Can't wait to try. Probably will limit the meats but other than that, great combo!!

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2012 by lahupe

This Salad was amazing. I am always looking for new and healthy recipes and this one fit the bill. My friend has diabetes so when he and his wife come over for dinner I try and make things that he can eat on a diet for diabetes. My husband and my friend and his wife loved this salad. They went back for seconds. I substituted regular olives for Kalamata Olives but left everything else the same. Yum, great salad!!!!

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2012 by LaRecipe

Fantastic Salad! Very substantial...if fact I served it as a meal with fresh herb breadsticks and a light dessert.

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2012 by MouseladyinTX

This salad was fantasic. My family did not like the garbanzo beans so I will omit next time. We did use our favorite salad dressing instead of the one recommended.

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2012 by kiltyone

Too much meat in it for us. I made it without any and added extra Garbanzo Beans. After-all they soak up all the cholesterol and add a lot of fibre and protein

We use only California Virgin Olive Oil and farm produced cheese. It is excellent but don't chop the lettuce too small you need a lot of crunch for this salad. I also added Kalamata Olives.

Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2012 by dakotamist

I haven't tried this recipe yet but plan to this coming week . I gave it 5 stars because of what goes into it. It sounds so yummy and refreshing! I will come back and give a review after I try it. As for the naysayers....I agree with PugParent, astarbeyond, mnlorraine and toothfairylin.

Canddy 1) If you haven't tried it don't be dishin' out all the negitive B.S. 2 To many ingredients and to difficult, Come on .. throw it into a food processor, chop it up, throw it in a bowl, add the dressing and enjoy!!!! That sounds pretty easy to me!! and for GreggJohns... I"m sure you've heard of and have seen "Low Calorie" items that are listed in the recipe at the store, Use them!!!!! But really...185 calories If that's to many...see a Dr. I will post again after I have made it and have given it a try. Thanks for all the great reviews, you all really inspired me to try this!!!! :)

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by PugParent

I know that this salad is amazing as I make one very similar for my family of 5 kids and husband. I look for new ideas on taste of home and love what I find. What I get sick of is when someone like Canddy or GreggJohns like to make ignorant comments that aren't necessary for the site. If Canddy thinks this has too many unncesary ingredients, she can eat a boring lettice and dressing salad as it seems too difficult to add a few more flavors but easy to criticize. . If Greggjohns is concerned about calorie count, he can check out Nutrisystem as it's helped out Janet Jackson and Terry Bradshaw! Or, there is GastricBypass and even better yet, look for, try and comment on recipes that fit your needs in lieu of making comments on recipes are not listed as "diet food". I wish courtesy & intelligence was contagious.

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by grammadi323

it's not too many ingredients at all... it is "antipasto" in a bowl... and then there is the "dressing" ingredients included... goodness! well worth the bit of time to produce a wonderful flavor taste! I'm in... and it will accompany me to potlucks and picnics all year long! thank you for sharing!!

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by astarbeyond

Great recipe...and to those miserable people that are looking for company, the mind perceives only what it can comprehend...

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by treec2

I gotta say, I'm Italian and never once has it occurred to me to chop up all the ingredients . . . but I can't WAIT to try this! With a loaf of crunchy Italian bread . . . yum!

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by yippykiyi

Absolutely delicious.. A great salad for any season.. Fun for the summer picnics for sure.;O)

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by mnlorraine

Have not made this yet, but I think I will love it.......I agree withtoothfairylin, there are a lot of people out tere that have nothing to do but criticize others..Please if you don't like a recipe, just don't make it. Others may enjoy it, so just shut up

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by Wyobranded

Love this salad. Its also great with a honey mustard dressing!

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by vanillaice

I agree with toothfairylyn. It is so annoying for people to rate a recipe when 1)they don't make it according to the specifications of the printed recipe; 2)they complain about how there is too much fatty ingredients and calories; and 3) they make remarks before they even try the recipe. This is a site for people to try new recipes..simply as that!

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by Nathansgramma

Still too cold to make salads for the main course. Sounds delicious and easy to make. Will probably make with a low cal dressing as watching the weight.

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by toothfairylin

I have made something similar to this before..and it was delicious and well received! The nice thing about a recipe like this is you can make it your "own" by just switching up ingredients..but we like it just like this! Once again, I have to say I am really saddened and disgusted by "reviewers" such as canddy, who have not even made the recipe, but choose to leave a mean-spirited remark. (Simple solution to your comment: leave some of the ingredients out!) If someone changes up a recipe and tells us what they did, fine..but when you haven't even tried it..PLEASE pick some other site to leave your "Debbie Downer" remarks. I always wonder how these reviewers would feel if they same thing happened to them?

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by yourmother55

I thought this recipe was great! I loved the variety of meats and also the suggestion to add mozarella cheese. Also, romaine lettuce is much crisper and lasts longer.

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by canddy

Too many ingredients -not necessary!

Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2012 by GREGGJOHNS

I wondered how the calorie count could be so low and then I see this is suppose to feed 10??

Reviewed on Dec. 07, 2011 by jponce23

This was super yummy, I would add a lot more salami, ham, and pepperoni and I added some mozeralla in the salad with the provolone. It was delicious!