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Southwest Salad
The perfect salad to go with your Tex-Mex favorites like Chicken Enchiladas or add chicken to make it a dinner salad.
Prep Time
10
minutes
Total Time
10
minutes
Servings
4
main dish, 8 side salads
Author
Kristl Story, TheBudgetDiet.com
Ingredients
1
romaine lettuce
cut-up or 1 package of romaine hearts
3
roma tomatoes
diced
1
avocado
diced
1, 15
oz.
can black beans
rinsed & drained
1, 15
oz.
can of corn or mexi-corn
drained
2
cups
mexi-cheese
shredded
1, 6
oz.
can black olives
drained
2
cups
tortilla chips
crushed
diced chicken
optional, but a great way to use up leftover chicken!
1/4
c.
ranch dressing
reduced fat works fine!
1/4
c.
salsa
Instructions
Toss together lettuce, tomatoes, black beans, corn, cheese, black olives & tortilla chips in a large salad bowl.
Southwest Salad Dressing: mix together ranch dressing & salsa.
Toss salad with Southwest Salad Dressing.