10 Minute Italian Chopped Salad

This customizable 10 Minute Italian Chopped Salad is a simple, delicious and nutritious salad perfect for meal prep or serving a group.

10 Minute Italian Chopped Salad

This salad is the perfect easy dish to whip up for a meal or a side and is super simple to customize to meet any dietary needs and taste preferences.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

As always, I want others with various dietary needs to be able to enjoy my recipes. That being said, make any modifications that you need! For any vegetarians or vegans, simply skip the chicken and salami. Those that don’t eat dairy, leave out the cheese. Those following a paleo or Whole30 diet, ensure you are using compliant salami or meat choices (Chomps or The New Primal meat sticks would work great!) and leave out the cheese and chickpeas.

Since this recipe is a salad, it is easily customizable. Feel free to pick and choose your favorite salad fixings and toppings and leave out anything you don’t love! If you are serving a group, you can also create a spread using separate bowls for all of the toppings and allow guests to to build their perfect salad!

DIETARY NOTES

This salad is made with real ingredients and fits seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the products/brands (or ones that are similar) listed in the recipe:

• gluten free
• soy free
• added and refined sugar free (using compliant salami, or sub compliant meat sticks like Chomps or The New Primal)
• dairy free (omit shaved parmesan)
• paleo (using compliant salami, or sub compliant meat sticks like Chomps or The New Primal; omit chickpeas and cheese)
• Whole30 (using compliant salami, or sub compliant meat sticks like Chomps or The New Primal; omit chickpeas and cheese)
• grain free (omit chickpeas)
• nut free
• vegetarian (omit salami and chicken)
• vegan (omit salami, cheese and chicken)

Topping Talk

Feel free to create your perfect bowl using a selection of the following:

• salami
• chickpeas
• peperoncini
• red onion
• romaine
• cucumber
• celery
• black olives
• tomatoes
• grilled chicken
• shaved parmesan

HUNGRY FOR MORE?

If you’re looking for more nutritious and delicious salad recipes, try these next:

• Green Goddess Pasta Salad (vegetarian, vegan complaint, refined sugar free, dairy free, gluten free, grain free compliant, soy free)
• Green Goddess Cobb Salad (whole30, paleo, vegetarian compliant, vegan compliant, refined sugar free, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, nut free, soy free)
• Mixed Berry Lemon Poppyseed Salad (whole30 version, paleo, vegetarian compliant, vegan compliant, refined sugar free, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, soy free)
• Crunchy Kale and Chickpea Salad (vegetarian, vegan, refined sugar free, dairy free, gluten free, nut free, soy free)
• Crispy Buffalo Chicken Salad (whole30, paleo, refined sugar free, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, soy free)
• Panera Inspired Fuji Apple Salad (paleo compliant, refined sugar free, dairy free compliant, gluten free, grain free, soy free)

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PS – If you make this recipe or any of my other recipes, I would be so grateful if you left a review so I can hear what you think! I also am happy to answer any questions you may have on here, but if you want a quicker response, be sure to shoot me a message on Instagram. Thank you so much and talk soon!