Fiesta salad recipe
If your family loves Tex-Mex but you’re not a fan of the fatty ingredients, you can give your family the flavor they love with this delicious salad. Taco meat made with ground turkey, lower-fat cheese and baked tortilla chips make this hearty salad something you can serve your family weekly.
Fiesta salad recipe
Serves 4
Making interesting salads is one of the best ways to keep your family eating healthy without hearing the dreaded, "Again, mom?" This delicious Tex-Mex-inspired salad combines your family's favorite Mexican-style ingredients -- no dressing required!
Ingredients:
Taco Meat
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1/4 cup onions, diced (optional)
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 3/4 cup water
Rice
- 2 cups instant rice, uncooked
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 small handful cilantro, chopped
- Salt to taste
Rest of Salad
- 4 to 6 leaves romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 to 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 3/4 cup 2 percent milk cheese (taco blend if available)
- 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 8 to 24 baked corn tortilla chips (as desired)
- 1 small can (4.25 ounce) black olives (optional)
- Salsa, optional
Bake your own tortilla chips >>
Directions:
- Over medium heat, cook onions until just translucent.
- Add ground turkey, turn heat up to medium-high and brown.
- Stir in 3/4 cups of water and taco seasoning and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine rice and 2 cups of water in a microwave-safe dish.
- Add garlic powder, cilantro and salt and microwave on high for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed.
- To create the salad, spoon rice and taco meat (about a quarter of each) into a bowl.
- Top with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, black beans and olives.
- Line the bowl with two to six tortilla chips and garnish with two or three slices of fresh avocado.
- Serve with salsa if desired.
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