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Healthy Taco Salad {vegetarian}

January 23, 2014

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Healthy Taco Salad Recipe {via Simply Happenstance Blog}! The perfect lunch or dinner! #vegetarian #recipe #lunch #dinner #easymeal #wholefoods

:: Healthy Taco Salad ::

Confession: When my husby is home from work… I do very little cooking. With our new life in the mountains, he not only does 100% of the grocery shopping, but also cooks, so I can focus on homeschooling our four little ones. We eat very well when he is home! He’s super creative in the kitchen {thanks to the near decade he’s spent as a firefighter}. I am truly one lucky wifey!

This healthy Taco Salad is one of our family favorites. We love it because it is so versatile, quick, and easy to prepare. You can basically cut up and add-in any fresh veggies you have on hand from your garden or market. {For meat lovers… you can grill up some chicken, or prepare ground turkey, or lean ground beef to add to the salad.} To be honest… I rarely use dressing, instead I mash up the avocado and add a dollop of salsa. {If you like sour cream or plain greek yogurt, it would make it even creamier!} For those of you that love a simple dressing… a Creamy Cilantro Avocado or Italian drizzled on top tastes divine! 

Healthy Taco Salad Recipe {via Simply Happenstance Blog}! A quick and easy healthy dish to prepare for lunch or dinner! #familyfavorite #healthy #tacosalad #recipe

What we particularly love about this simple family meal is that everyone likes it! Two of our children prefer it prepared “bowl style” where we dish and mix all-in-one bowl. The other two {our oldest boys}, like everything separated on a plate. We present it to them as colorful piles of veggies, beans, cheese, meat {when we have it on hand}, salsa, and lots of tortilla chips! It makes for an easy, yet healthy, lunch or dinner! We seriously eat this twice a week!

*To change things up… instead of crumbling tortilla chips on top, you can roll the ingredients up in a tasty corn or flour tortilla!

Print Recipe

Healthy Taco Salad {vegetarian}

Prep Time15 mins
Total Time15 mins
Servings: 4 -6

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch of Romaine Lettuce or bag of Mixed Salad Greens rinsed & chopped
  • 2 Tomatoes seeded & chopped
  • 1 Yellow Bell Pepper cut into strips or pieces
  • 3 medium sized Carrots grated
  • 1 fresh Avocado sliced {just prior to serving}
  • 1 can of Black Beans rinsed & drained
  • 1 can of Kidney Beans rinsed & drained
  • 1/2 cup Queso Fresco Cheese {or similar} crumbled
  • Tortilla Chips {roughly crumbled on top of salad} or Tortilla Strips
  • Optional {add-in} Ingredients:
  • Black Olives
  • Corn
  • Red Onion
  • Cilantro
  • Salsa
  • Sour Cream or Plain Greek Yogurt

Instructions

  • After thoroughly rinsing and chopping vegetables, toss with all other salad ingredients until combined. Crumble cheese and tortilla chips over the top of the salad and drizzle with your dressing of choice. Enjoy!
I would love to hear what healthy meals you prepare for your family on a weekly basis! Please share by leaving a comment below! Thanks, friends! Enjoy your day!
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bioSara and Nicole are sorority sisters that simply “happened” to end up in the same small town. They have many things in common, which have set the tone of their blog. They hope that you will join them in their journey of motherhood, dreams that may be, the daily life, and their passion for cooking, yoga, fashion, and design!

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