The Cobb Salad

I love the cobb salad. It is one of my favorite meals.  One, because it is really pretty to look at.  Two, because it's a versatile dish that reflects any season, mood, or whatever may be needing to be used up in the refrigerator.  My take on the cobb salad is that it doesn't matter what you put on the salad as long as you make sure it is diced.  Then, lay each of the various components along side one-another and boom! You've got a cobb salad. I was feeeling tropical tonight because mango's were 10 for $10 at publix.  I like using fruit but I make sure to balance this with savory items - avocado, red onion are normally on the top of my list.

Ingredients: 
- Avocado
- Red Bell Pepper (which I chopped up and forgot to put on, oops) 
- Mango
- Red Onion
- Cucumber
- Bag-o-salad (Mix 1 Baby Spinach + 1 Mixed Field Greens) 
- Grilled Chicken, allowed to cool to room temperature (with a ginger curry rub, premixed that my dad gave me once) 

Dressing:
Cilantro-Lime Vinaigrette
Peanut Dressing

I like light, tangy dressings.  I usually use a simple cilantro-honey-lime vinaigrette with lime juice, honey, cilantro which I stir and then wisk in olive oil.  I added a few things based off another recipe including minced jalepeno (with seeds), minced garlic, a dash of balsamic, and crush red pepper flakes before wisking in the olive oil. Spicy! Original: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cilantro-lime-dressing/

The peanut dressing was a Rachel Ray recipe. Eh. Not creamy enough. Not using it again.

Scott's Thoughts: 
1.  Cilantro-lime dressing was better than other versions. (Woot!) 
2.  He didn't really touch the peanut dressing... fail. 
3. Chicken turned out really well, which means i'm starting to learn to grill.