There’s a scene in the 2009 biographical comedy “Julie and Julia” — about home baker Julie Powell who is inspired by French chef Julia Child’s simple cooking tips to start her own food blog — in which Julie meets a group of far-flung influential friends for their monthly “Cobb Salad Lunch.” The scene opens with the entire table of New York City businesswomen ordering various Cobb salads with tweaks to the iconic recipe like “no blue cheese” and “no bacon.” It paints an aspirational picture of the lunchtime favorite one that incorporates a variety of ingredients including protein fruits and vegetables cheese lettuce and a bold flavorful dressing.
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If you’re planning on making a Cobb salad to serve to a crowd of guests or want to save one for later without it getting soggy you’ll want to keep those ingredients in mind. Luckily there are tricks you can use to keep your Cobb salad fresh until you’re ready to eat it. Start by separating the wet ingredients from the dry ingredients to preserve the crispness of the lettuce and the freshness of the other ingredients.
There are a few other things you can do to keep your ingredients in tip-top condition like the paper towel method or the mason jar method. You can even come up with artistic ways to serve the meal for a family dinner or a party that doesn’t require overlapping ingredients. Read on for a few tips on how to best store your Cobb salad.
The basic components of a Cobb salad are romaine lettuce chopped tomatoes hard-boiled eggs cooked chicken avocado crumbled blue cheese and chives. The salad is then topped with a creamy dressing of red wine vinegar Dijon mustard honey olive oil salt and pepper.
