Lemon Garlic Shrimp Cobb Salad

This Lemon Garlic Shrimp Cobb Salad recipe is my twist on a classic Cobb Salad. It's a complete meal in a salad with a light, creamy avocado dressing.

Cobb Salad has been a popular restaurant item in North America for decades. It's traditionally made with grilled chicken breast, bacon, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, lettuce, blue cheese and avocado.

If you've ever ordered one, you may remember that it's very filling, and if you're like me, you've given up trying to finish it and asked to take half of it home with you.

If I'm eating filling foods like bacon, eggs, cheese and avocado, there's no way I can eat a chicken breast, as well! Substituting a few large shrimp for the chicken breast make this Lemon Garlic Shrimp Cobb Salad a little lighter.

While this seafood Cobb Salad is not a low-calorie meal, it is rich in protein and it's appropriate for a ketogenic diet. If you want a lighter version of a Cobb Salad, this Family Style Greek Cobb Salad may be just what you're looking for.

Have you ever avoided frying bacon on the stovetop because you know you'll have a greasy, spattered mess to clean up?

Once I discovered how easy it is to cook bacon in the oven, I've used this method consistently. Place a cooling rack on top of a sheet pan or a baking sheet with sides. Lay the bacon strips on the rack and cook at 400°F. for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the slices. Turn once halfway through cooking time.

Not only does oven baking reduce the mess, but the extra rendered fat drips down to the baking sheet away from the bacon. The bacon strips cook evenly, with no overdone or underdone parts.

And if you line the baking sheet with parchment paper before placing the cooling rack on top, clean-up is a breeze!

And if you own an air fryer, frying bacon is even easier!

Peeling hard-boiled eggs can be very frustrating. If you're planning to serve deviled eggs, it's important that the eggs aren't full of pockmarks! There are more theories about the best way to peel hard-cooked eggs than there are about how the dinosaurs died.

Some say to start the eggs in cold water, others recommend starting them in boiling water. Some maintain that adding vinegar to the water is the key, others insist you add baking soda. A common theory is to use older eggs, not fresh ones. Chill in the fridge before peeling; don't chill, and peel right away.

Some of these methods work, some don't and you'll find more hacks on youtube, professing to be the absolute best way to peel.

Place the eggs in a pot of cool water covered by 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat and let them sit for 12 - 13 minutes. Remove from the pot, place in a bowl of ice water until completely cool, then peel.

Start at the broader end of the egg where there is an air pocket. Crack gently, remove a piece of shell about the size of a quarter, then roll the egg on the countertop to make more tiny cracks.

Using the side of your thumb, not your fingernails, try to separate the thin membrane from the egg white by pushing and nudging with your thumb. Often it will peel off in large pieces.

Getting that membrane to separate from the white seems to be the key, as the shell adheres to the membrane and the two come off together.

However, if you own an Instant Pot your hard-boiled eggs will turn out perfectly!

Add 1 cup of water to the pot, place 4 eggs on the trivet and set the timer for 3 - 4 minutes. When it beeps, transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice water to stop cooking. Peel right away.