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Рецепт FreshedOver Healthier Cobb Salad {Win a #FreshOver Prize Pack!} #Ziploc #FreshOver
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Ингредиенты
- 1 (5 ounce) container of baby spring mix lettuce
- 2 cups cooked skinless chicken, roast turkey or leftover pork roast
- 4 ounces of reduced fat feta cheese, crumbles
- 4 eggs, hardboiled and peeled
- 1 6 ounce can of pitted black olives, sliced
- 1 cup fennel, finely chopped
- 1 cup celery, fined chopped
- 4 vine ripened tomatoes, diced
- 1 cucumber, seeded and diced
- your favorite low fat, low calorie salad dressing (bottled or homemade)
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