The Cheesecake Factory's Vegan Cobb Salad Recipe

This salad is a super-satisfying mix of fresh veggies, quinoa, garbanzo beans and sunflower seeds. It's great for a light dinner or hearty lunch.

Recipe courtesy of The Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory Vegan Cobb Salad Recipe
5 (3 ratings)
This salad is a super-satisfying mix of fresh veggies, quinoa, garbanzo beans, and sunflower seeds. It's great for a light dinner or hearty lunch.
Prep Time
15
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
Servings
2
servings
The Cheesecake Factory's Vegan Cobb Salad
Total time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
  • 8 ounce baby lettuce mix
  • 4 ounce butter lettuce, 1" pieces
  • 3 ounce balsamic vinaigrette*
  • 1/2 teaspoon whole-grain mustard*
  • 3 ounce quinoa, cooked
  • 1 tablespoon marcona almonds, chopped 1/4"
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
  • 2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
  • pinch kosher salt
  • pinch ground black pepper
  • 1 avocado, cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 4 ounce cherry tomatoes, cut in half
  • 3 ounce garbanzo beans, cooked
  • 3 ounce cucumbers, cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 3 ounce red beets, cooked, cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 2 ounce green beans, blanched, cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 2 ounce asparagus, blanched, cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 2 ounce balsamic vinaigrette*
Directions
  1. Place the baby and butter lettuces into a mixing bowl.
  2. Combine the balsamic vinaigrette and whole grain mustard.
  3. Pour the dressing into the bowl and gently toss the ingredients together.
  4. Place equal amounts of the lettuce mixture into two chilled salad bowls.
  5. Cook quinoa according to package directions (about 10-20 minutes).
  6. Cook and blanch green beans, aspagargus and red beets ahead of time (about 10-20 minutes).
  7. Place the quinoa, Marcona almonds and sunflower seeds into a clean a mixing bowl.
  8. Drizzle the extra virgin olive oil into the bowl and season with salt and pepper.
  9. Gently toss ingredients together.
  10. Place equal amounts of the quinoa mixture and all other remaining ingredients side-by-side (in rows) over each salad.
  11. Pour a little more balsamic vinaigrette evenly over each salad.
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