BBQ & Black Pepper Toscano Chopped Salad

People often turn to salads for delicate flavors. But there’s no rule that says a salad can’t contain bold flavors. In fact, if there were such a rule, Trader Joe’s BBQ & Black Pepper Toscano Chopped Salad would be the ultimate rule-breaker!

This is a complete salad kit, containing everything you need to construct a crisp, fresh—and particularly bold— salad. The base includes green and red cabbages, combined with shredded carrots, broccoli, and kale. Such confident vegetable crunchiness is complemented by even more crunch, conveyed by cornbread croutons. The addition of aged, Black Pepper Toscano Cheese (packaged separately) brings another kind of boldness to this Salad—a rich and nutty flavor, with a touch of cracked black pepper heat.

The final stroke of bold is delivered in the BBQ sweet onion dressing. Its molasses notes pair exceptionally well with the flavor of the Black Pepper Cheese, and the rest of the dressing profile (including mustard, white wine vinegar, onion, garlic, and chili powder) provides the finishing touch for this un-shy salad.