Cheesecake Factory Wellness Salad - Copycat Recipe
This Wellness Salad is a copycat recipe from The Cheesecake Factory. Packed with loads of nutritious veggies, nuts and fruits and topped with a lemon and blueberry vinaigrette, this is the ultimate salad!
Ingredients
- ½ pear peeled, sliced and roasted
- ¼ cup almonds toasted
- ¼ cup broccoli fresh or frozen
- 1½ cups kale thinly sliced with hard stalks removed
- 2 cups spinach
- 1 cup butter lettuce
- 2 cups arugula/rocket
- 1 red onion thinly sliced
- 8 red grapes cut in half
- ½ avocado peeled and roughly chopped
- ¼ cup fresh blueberries
- 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
Wellness Salad Lemon Blueberry Dressing
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1½ tablespoon white balsamic vinegar
- 1½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup blueberries smashed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400° F (200° C). Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Peel the pear and cut half of it into rough pieces. Reserve the other half for another use. Place the pears and almonds on the baking tray and drizzle the pears with 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Roast for 10-15 minutes. *see note 1
- In a small saucepan, bring 3 cups of water to a hard boil. Add the broccoli. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Next, make the dressing by combining the olive oil, vinegar, Dijon mustard, lemon zest, salt and pepper in the bottom of a large salad bowl.
- Chop the kale leaves into thin strips, removing the bitter stalks, and add them to the salad bowl with the vinaigrette. Using your hands, aggressively massage the kale into the dressing.
- Using a mortar and pestle, smash your blueberries until they release their juices. Stir them into the kale.
- Add the spinach, butter lettuce and arugula, and toss gently.
- Finally, mix in the roasted pears, toasted almonds, broccoli, red onion, red grapes, avocado, blueberries and sunflower seeds. Enjoy!
Notes
- Keep a close eye on the almonds as they're toasting. They catch quite quickly, and it they are over cooked they turn bitter.
- This recipe makes 2 servings, or one very large serving. The nutritional information is based on 2 servings.
Nutrition
Calories: 476kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 11gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 688mgPotassium: 1208mgFiber: 11gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 9333IUVitamin C: 99mgCalcium: 238mgIron: 4mg
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