California Cobb Salad meets grinder: That’s what these sandwiches are in a nutshell.

All the yummy ingredients you would normally associate with a California Cobb Salad are served inside delicious buttery homemade foccacia bread. One generous California Cobb Sandwich, packed with chicken, lettuce, vinaigrette, tomato, avocado, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, and blue cheese, is just 6 WW FreeStyle Smart Points! So much goodness for so few points!

The homemade foccacia bread is made with 2 ingredient dough and salt, and cooked with a buttery crust…so yummy!

Do you have a Mancino’s Pizzas and Grinders restaurant near you? They make my absolute favorite grinders (sandwiches) ever. There was something about this bread that reminded me of the grinders we get at Mancino’s. I think it’s the buttery crust. I definitely will be making these sandwiches again!

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If you are looking for a great recipe to try this weekend, you are going to love what I have for you today!

Here is what you need:

Focaccia Bread:

1-1/2 cup self-rising flour
1-1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon light butter
sprinkle of flour

For vinaigrette:

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard

For Sandwiches:

1/2 tablespoon light butter
1 pound thin sliced boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Dash of salt and pepper
4 strips Oscar Mayer fully cooked bacon
2 cups romaine lettuce or baby spinach
1 tomato, sliced
1/2 avocado, thinly sliced
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
1/2 cup reduced-fat crumbled blue cheese

Here is what you do:

Preheat oven to 450°F.

In a medium bowl, combine self-rising flour, Greek yogurt, and salt.

Use 1/2 tablespoon butter to coat the bottom of a large cooking sheet or stoneware bar pan. Using a rolling pin, flatten down the dough in the buttered pan, spreading the dough to the edges of the pan. (Dough will be thin.) Sprinkle with flour when the dough is too sticky.

Bake 12-15 minutes, or until the bread is fully cooked and slightly browned.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt remaining 1/2 tablespoon butter. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and cook chicken in the buttered pan. Once cooked, transfer to a cutting board and cut into strips.

Cook bacon according to the directions on the package. Pat with paper towel. Crumble bacon.

In a medium bowl, mix the oil, red wine vinegar, Italian seasoning, and Dijon mustard. Toss lettuce or spinach in with the vinaigrette.

Once dough is fully cooked, remove from the oven. If you are using a pan that you can cut on (like stoneware), you can keep the bread in the pan. If you aren’t, carefully transfer the bread to a large cutting board.

Cut the bread into 12 equal rectangles. On six of the rectangles, evenly distribute the lettuce with vinaigrette.

Evenly distribute the sliced chicken, tomato slices, sliced avocado, sliced hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, and crumbled bacon over the lettuce.

Top the six rectangle pieces of bread with ingredients on them with the other six pieces of bread, creating six delicious sandwiches.

Makes 6 sandwiches.
One sandwich is 9 Green, 6 Blue, and 6 Purple points.

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5 from 1 vote

California Cobb Sandwiches

9 Green, 6 Blue, and 6 Purple points per sandwich.

Makes: 6 sandwiches

Calories: 306

Author: Alisha Hughes

Ingredients

• FOCACCIA BREAD:
• 1-1/2 cup self-rising flour
• 1-1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 tablespoon light butter
• sprinkle of flour
• VINAIGRETTE:
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• SANDWICHES:
• 1/2 tablespoon light butter
• 1 pound thin sliced boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Dash of salt and pepper
• 4 strips Oscar Mayer fully cooked bacon
• 2 cups romaine lettuce or baby spinach
• 1 tomato, sliced
• 1/2 avocado, thinly sliced
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
• 1/2 cup reduced-fat crumbled blue cheese

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine self-rising flour, Greek yogurt, and salt.
• Use 1/2 tablespoon butter to coat the bottom of a large cooking sheet or stoneware bar pan. Using a rolling pin, flatten down the dough in the buttered pan, spreading the dough to the edges of the pan. (Dough will be thin.) Sprinkle with flour when the dough is too sticky.
• Bake 12-15 minutes, or until the bread is fully cooked and slightly browned.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt remaining 1/2 tablespoon butter. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper and cook chicken in the buttered pan. Once cooked, transfer to a cutting board and cut into strips.
• Cook bacon according to the directions on the package. Pat with paper towel. Crumble bacon.
• In a medium bowl, mix the oil, red wine vinegar, Italian seasoning, and Dijon mustard. Toss lettuce or spinach in with the vinaigrette.
• Once dough is fully cooked, remove from the oven. If you are using a pan that you can cut on (like stoneware), you can keep the bread in the pan. If you aren't, carefully transfer the bread to a large cutting board.
• Cut the bread into 12 equal rectangles. On six of the rectangles evenly distribute the lettuce with vinaigrette, sliced chicken, tomato slices, sliced avocado, sliced hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, and crumbled bacon.
• Top 6 rectangles with ingredients on them with the other 6 rectangles, creating six delicious sandwiches.