
A Salad For Everyone
A lot of people are not eating carbs anymore. My Keto food blogging friends are blowing up social media with their cheese, veggie and meat recipes and people are loving it. Clearly I am not on the Keto train but I do have an appreciation for it. I often entertain and I know there are going to be times that I need to make food that makes everyone happy so I decided to create a salad for everyone.
The salad I came up with is inspired by an Italian Sub Sandwich and can be made two ways with most of the same ingredients. One is appealing to low carb lovers, one is a delicious tortellini salad. Here is what you need to make it happen:
Ingredients
- 2 Hearts of Romaine, Shredded
- 1/2 lb of Salami, Sliced, Cut into Squares
- 1/2 lb of Provolone, Sliced, Cut into Squares
- 8oz Package of Marinated Mini Fresh Mozzarella Balls
- 1 Cucumber, Sliced Thin
- 1 Red Pepper, Sliced into Strips
- 1 C of Mild Pepper Rings
- 1 White Onion, Sliced into Strips
- 1 T Black Pepper
- 1 T Dried Basil
- 1 C of Parmesan, Cubed
- 1/2 lb Pepperoni, Diced
- 1 20 oz Packaged of Frozen Cheese Tortellini, Prepared According To The Package, Rinsed and Cooled
- 2 T of Olive Oil
- 2 t Salt
For The Dressing
- 1 C Red Wine Vinegar
- 1/2 C Olive Oil
- 1 T Garlic Powder
- 1 T Dried Basil
- 1 T Brown Sugar (or a natural sweetener)
- 2 t Kosher Salt
For the Tortellini Salad
- In a large bowl add the marinated fresh mozzarella, 1/2 the red peppers, 1/2 the cucumbers, 1/2 the cheeses and meats, 1/2 the peppers, 1/2 the onion. Toss well to coat in the marinated fresh mozzarella oil.
- Add 2 t salt, 1 T pepper, 2 T olive oil, 1 T dried basil, toss well to coat.
- You do not want the pasta to be swimming in a dressing, only a light coating of dressing makes this salad great.
- Add the cooked and cooled tortellini.
- Toss well to coat.
- Top with the mild pepper rings.
- Let sit covered in the fridge overnight.

For The Lettuce Salad
- Whisk together all the ingredients for the salad dressing. Set Aside on the counter.
- In a large bowl add the romaine lettuce and top the salad with the two peppers, meats, cheeses, onions, and cucumbers.
- Arrange in a pattern over the lettuce, sprinkle lightly with salt, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight
Low Carb Version of the Italian Sub Salad - Remove salad from fridge, the salt will have allowed the veggies to make a nice juice, dump the salad in a large bowl and toss well. I serve this salad on top of toasted Chateau Bread Dumplings but you can leave the bread out for it to be carb free friendly.
- Drizzle very lightly with the dressing and serve the rest on the side for people to add as they choose.

This salad makes a great dish for a party, a make ahead dinner or for lunch for the week. It needs very little dressing because the veggies, herbs, meat and cheeses make it so tasty. I hope you enjoy making it and eating it.
For more great salad ideas, check out my recipe for Summer Fruit Salad
25 Comments
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Greg
October 28, 2018 at 5:18 pm
That looks incredible. Making this week!
thetipsyhousewife
October 28, 2018 at 5:18 pm
I hope you like it!
Anonymous
January 5, 2019 at 11:00 pm
Man that looks delicious!
thetipsyhousewife
January 6, 2019 at 1:33 am
Thank you
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KH
April 19, 2019 at 8:06 pm
Do you know the approximately how many servings the pasta salad is?
thetipsyhousewife
April 19, 2019 at 8:07 pm
I’d say at least 12
Kelley
January 15, 2020 at 5:57 pm
What do you do with the other half of the peppers, onion, cheeses, and meats? I feel like I’m missing something.
thetipsyhousewife
January 15, 2020 at 5:59 pm
There’s two variations of the salad ….on the post. One for a lettuce version one for a tortellini salad ..
Lynne
May 21, 2019 at 11:24 am
What do you do with the other half of the ingredients after tossing the tortellini in?
thetipsyhousewife
May 21, 2019 at 11:26 am
Top it with the remaining ingredients for decor
Abbey Moulaison
July 16, 2019 at 6:28 pm
Anyone have any idea how to add this into a Keto App for the purpose of calculating Macros? I’m new at this and don’t want to add each ingredient manually if that can be avoided. Thank you!
thetipsyhousewife
July 16, 2019 at 7:54 pm
I’m so sorry I don’t. I hope you can figure it out
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Cindy
January 3, 2020 at 3:03 pm
You really need to put a link so we can print the recipes we like 🤷♂️🤔🥴
thetipsyhousewife
January 3, 2020 at 8:48 pm
Yes I know but I was doing this for a hobby. So I didn’t know…so sorry for inconveniencing you for this recipe …..you can always copy the section and print it too….
thetipsyhousewife
January 3, 2020 at 8:49 pm
Or you can buy a cookbook
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