Buffalo Chicken Salad with Blue Cheese Cilantro Ranch

• 1 Recipe Buffalo Chicken sliced or chopped
• 1 romaine lettuce about 8 cups, large head, chopped
• corn kernels from 1 ear of corn, fresh
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 1/2 cup carrot matchstick cut
• 3 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 avocado large, chopped or sliced

Blue Cheese Cilantro Ranch

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise I use lowfat, real
• 1/2 cup sour cream (may sub Greek yogurt with a pinch of sugar)
• 3 tablespoons blue cheese crumbles
• 1/4 cup cilantro packed leaves and stems
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 teaspoons parsley dried
• 1 teaspoon chives dried
• 1/2 teaspoons dill dried
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• milk as needed

Garnish

• blue cheese crumbles
• lime juice freshly squeezed
• Bacon optional, crumbles

Easy Croutons

• 1/2 French bread garlic herb loaf
• olive oil
• salt
• garlic powder