Chopped Salad & Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 head romaine lettuce, rinsed, trimmed, chopped into bite sized pieces, chilled
• 1/2 cup ditalini, uncooked
• 4 slices cooked and chopped bacon
• 1/2 cooked chicken breast, rotisserie chicken, cubed
• 1 large tomato, diced
• 2 ounces goronzola blue cheese, crumbled, any good blue will work
• 2 -4 green onions, sliced
• 1/2 ripe avocado, cubed
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette, paul newman's (lite)

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta to package instructions.
• 2 cook bacon until crisp, cool then chop.
• 3 slice then chop tomatoes. place in a strainer or colander to drain off any excess liquid.
• 4 arrange lettuce in the bottom of a bowl. top with pasta, tomato, cheese, cubed chicken onions, avocado. this can be done ahead of time. it looks very pretty to arrange the toppings in row.
• 5 immediately before serving top & toss with vinaigrette dressing.