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Southwest Style Salad

Southwest Style Salad

A flavorful Southwest Style Salad featuring fresh ingredients like romaine lettuce, black beans, and a creamy avocado salsa dressing.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4 servings
Calories 250 kcal

Equipment

  • Blender
  • large bowl
  • Cast Iron Skillet

Ingredients
  

Southwest Salad

  • 1 head romaine lettuce chopped
  • 1 ear sweet corn fresh corn kernels
  • 1 cup red bell pepper chopped
  • 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes cut in half
  • ¼ cup red onions chopped
  • 1 15 oz. black beans rinsed and drained
  • ⅓ cup pepitas roasted and salted, may sub sunflower seeds
  • ½ cup pepper jack cheese grated, or more to taste
  • to taste Tortilla Strips for salads

Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing

  • 1 small avocado peeled and sliced
  • 1 small jalapeno seeded, deveined and roughly chopped (optional)
  • 1 clove garlic peeled
  • ¼ cup cilantro loosely packed
  • ¼ cup sour cream may sub plain Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup salsa medium for more of a kick
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 juice lime from 1 lime
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt ground
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • to taste hot sauce optional

Instructions
 

Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing

  • Add all of the Creamy Avocado Salad Dressing ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth, scraping the sides down as needed.
  • Add hot sauce and additional salt and pepper to taste. Add additional milk to thin to desired consistency if needed. Chill in the refrigerator, time permitting.

Southwest Salad

  • Add salad ingredients to a large bowl except for the tortilla strips and toss to combine.
  • Toss salad with desired amount of dressing or drizzle dressing over individual servings if not eating all of the salad immediately.
  • Garnish salad with tortilla strips and freshly cracked salt and pepper.

Notes

If using Greek Yogurt, you might need to add more sugar to taste.

Nutrition

Serving: 1saladCalories: 250kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 10gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 400mgPotassium: 300mgFiber: 8gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 150IUVitamin C: 80mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 15mg
Keyword avocado, easy, Healthy, salad, Southwest Style Salad, Vegetarian
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