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March 6, 2013

Endive Avocado & Bacon Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing

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Endive Avocado Bacon Salad with Chipotle Ranch DressingBreak out of your salad rut with some California Endive.  It makes a great base for your favourite salad toppings, like avocado, bacon and chipotle ranch dressing!

I want to be clear that this blog is not truly representative of what I eat, day to day.  If you were to judge my diet simply by the recipes you see here, you would think all I ever ate were muffins, cookies and cake, with the occasional entree, and savoury dish.  Truth be told, I feature baked goods and desserts so prominently mostly because they photograph easily and I can make them in the middle of the day for good lighting.  Main courses are definitely harder, because I want them to be as fresh as possible for my family to eat and I don’t want to hold them up while I scramble for photos.  I am quite certain that doing so would put my very patient and understanding husband right over the edge, because when he’s hungry, he’s hungry!  So if I have a main dish I want to feature, I am usually left trying to warm up with leftovers the next day and  make them look freshly cooked.

And you might think I don’t eat a lot of veggies because there are relatively few salads and side dishes on All Day I Dream About Food.  But nothing could be further from the truth.  Vegetables and I are very good friends and I usually eat many servings per day.  In fact, I often have salad for breakfast.  That’s the straight up truth.  Actually, I usually have it for “second breakfast”, after a run or a workout.  I come home, grab some veggies, chop them, dress them and proceed to stuff my face.  I’ve discovered that salad early on in the day is a great way to feel healthy and full.  A well-dressed, flavourful salad is as filling and satisfying as anything else, and you have the added benefit of feeling virtuous after eating it.

Endive Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing

I was once again asked to join the OnDiva campaign, to get the word out there on this versatile, delicious and healthy vegetable.  And I am more than happy to do so, because I love it.  I’ve  decided that I like it best raw, as a scoop for dips and chopped up in salads.  I sometimes use it in addition to regular lettuce and sometimes to replace the lettuce altogether.  I love the crunchy texture and the flavour, and they go with pretty much anything.  For this recipe, it suddenly popped in my head how much I’d love some serious Southwestern flavour.  Some endive, some avocado, some tomatoes, some crumbled bacon and a seriously spicy Chipotle Ranch dressing and I am in salad heaven.  I ate this as a main course the first night and proceeded to make it again for second breakfast the next day (after I got a few photos!).

And when I had a little leftover ranch dressing, I proceeded to use endive leaves to scoop it up as a snack.  Honestly, you can’t let these goodies go to waste!

Endive Avocado and Bacon Salad with Chipotle Ranch

This post is sponsored by Discover Endive.  All opinions are my own.

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Endive Avocado & Bacon Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Ingredients
Dressing:
  • ¼ cup whole milk
  • 2 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt
  • 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ to 1 chipotle pepper in adobo minced
  • 1 tsp dried dill weed
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
Salad:
  • 4 heads California Endive ends removed, chopped
  • 1 avocado chopped
  • 1 cup grape tomatoes chopped
  • 8 slices bacon cooked crisp and crumbled
  • ¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
  1. For the dressing, combine all ingredients in a sealable glass jar and shake vigorously.
  2. For the salad, divide chopped endive among four salad plates. Sprinkle with avocado, tomatoes, bacon and cheese.
  3. Drizzle with 1 tbsp dressing and pass the remaining dressing at the table.
Recipe Notes

Serves 4. Each serving has 10.7 g of carbs and 6 g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 4.7 g.

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Comments

  1. Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says

    March 6, 2013 at 10:32 am

    I’ve never had endive. But it looks great!

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  2. Agne says

    March 6, 2013 at 11:20 am

    Ooh I love endive, its one of national dishes here in the Netherlands, I will definitelly make this!

    Reply
  3. Bon Stewart says

    March 6, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    Salsa would also be great with this. My favorite salsa is at demystifycooking.com. It is easy one.

    Reply
  4. Cookin Canuck says

    March 6, 2013 at 2:19 pm

    I love everything about this salad. The endive (love the flavor), the smoky bacon and the kick from the chipotles. This is a great way to get out of the regular salad rut.

    Reply
  5. Kelly says

    March 6, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    what happened with including the picture when you to to print the recipe?

    Reply
  6. claire @ the realistic nutritionist says

    March 6, 2013 at 2:50 pm

    Oh this looks healthy and oh so delicious!

    Reply
  7. Diane says

    March 6, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    Can you give us the carb count on the dressing alone?

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    • Carolyn says

      March 7, 2013 at 7:32 am

      If you do the full 2 tbsp of dressing, it’s about 3 g per serving. I never do use the full 2 tbsp myself with any dressing, I find it too much.

      Reply
  8. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says

    March 7, 2013 at 2:00 am

    This looks sooo good! I love everything about it, especially the dressing!

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  9. Brian @ A Thought For Food says

    March 7, 2013 at 10:00 am

    HAHAHA! I know.. I wonder how many people think I eat crap all day because of the recipes I put up (the trick is to give them away). Love this chopped salad. And bacon isn’t really meat, right?

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  10. Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says

    March 7, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    I feel a little bit ashamed that I’ve never had endive before. I always eye it at the grocery store, but don’t quite know how to tackle it. I’m going to have to give it a try!

    Reply
  11. Winnie says

    March 7, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Great recipe! My whole family will love this 🙂

    Reply
  12. lisaiscooking says

    March 8, 2013 at 12:00 am

    Endive and avocado is a great combo! Sounds great with the chipotle ranch too. Endive leaves are so perfect for scooping–just the thing to do with extra leaves.

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  13. Terra says

    March 10, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    I haven’t stopped by in awhile, I hope you are doing well! It is funny, my blog posts are so random. Most of the time my posts revolve around my cravings LOL! Your salad looks fabulous! I don eat endive enough, I did grill endive last year, it was fabulous! Hugs, Terra

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  14. Jeanette says

    March 10, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    I love the sounds of this dressing Carolyn – Greek Yogurt is one of my favorite ingredients these days!

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  15. shelly (cookies and cups) says

    March 14, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    Oh that ranch dressing! Yes please!

    Reply
  16. PDXGirl says

    September 6, 2016 at 10:27 pm

    I have been meaning to comment on this. I just make the dressing I triple the recipe and go through it 2x’s weekly. It is by far the more delicious dressing I have ever tasted. I use sour cream instead of the yogurt lower carbs.

    Reply

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