Taco Salad

July20

Ingredients

  • Optional meat ingredient – ½ pound hamburger, browned
  • 2 tbsp taco seasoning
  • 1 can kidney beans, drained
  • 1/2 of a head of lettuce or so, torn – or a bag of mixed greens
  • ¼ pound cheddar cheese, shredded (1 cup)
  • Tortilla chips
  • Vegetables: Onion, Tomato, Green Pepper, Celery, Cucumber – all diced
  • Dressing:
  • 2 Tbsp taco seasoning mix
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup avocado mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup Italian Salad Dressing
    to make an Italian dressing for this salad, blend together:
    3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
    4 tbsp cider vinegar or other vinegar
    1 ½ teaspoons prepared Italian seasonong
    1 ½ teaspoons fresh garlic, minced fine or minced garlic form the store bought jar
    1 tbsp minced Shallot

Instructions

  1. Combine all salad dressing ingredients
  2. To develop flavors, allow dressing to sit in refrigerator before serving
  3. Blend taco seasoning with the kidney beans and meat if using meat
  4. Cut vegetables & tear lettuce
  5. Place lettuce in a large bowl
  6. Layer the salad ingredients on top of lettuce
  7. Add cheese
  8. Serve with tortilla chips and dressing

Variations

Left-over chili is a good substitute for the meat & bean mixture. Number of servings (yield): 6

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