Cobb Salad Redux

I love Cobb salad, but it is a fat- and sodium-laden arterial bomb. Here are a couple of tips to make it better for you.

• Instead of good 'ol bacon, try much leaner Canadian bacon. Pan-sauté with a little cokking spray until nice and crisp.
• Don't use all of the hard-boile egg. Just the whites. (Save the yolks for your pups. They love them.)
• Pile on the avocado and tomatoes. The more produce, the better.
• Don't pour on a bottled blue cheese dressing. Opt for a low-fat version. Or even better, skip the chemicals and make a little balsamic vinaigrette and add a few crumbles of high quality blue cheese.