Classic Cobb Salad

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 20 min. YIELD: 4 servings.

Making this salad is a lot like putting in a garden. I "plant" everything in nice, neat sections, just as I do with seedlings. —Patricia Kile, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Ingredients

6 cups torn iceberg lettuce

2 medium tomatoes, chopped

1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and chopped

3/4 cup diced fully cooked ham

2 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped

3/4 cup diced cooked turkey

1-1/4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms

1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese

Salad dressing of choice

Optional: Sliced ripe olives and lemon wedges

Directions

1. Place lettuce on a plat...