1- Mexican Salad
Great salads,
like Roasted
Vegetable Salad, have both creamy ingredients to make them taste
rich and satisfying and crunchy ingredients so they taste interesting and
fresh.
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Team Crunchy
Ingredients: Crisp romaine lettuce, radishes, pepitas, and tortilla chips.
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Team Creamy Ingredients:
Roasted sweet potatoes, avocado, black beans, and a creamy Mexican dressing.
For bonus points (and an extra tasty salad!), you can make your own black beans
from scratch with this Instant Pot
Black Beans recipe.
This Mexican Salad
recipe is special for its balanced blend of sweet and spicy elements.
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Sweet Notes: Caramelized
roasted sweet potato; fresh, juicy cherry tomatoes.
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Heat Notes: Chili
powder, cumin, and (for the brave) sliced jalapenos. Radishes add a surprising
spicy element too.
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Freshness and
Zip: A creamy lime dressing made with Greek yogurt wakes up the other
ingredients; cilantro gives the salad freshness.
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Stay Fuller, Longer: Healthy
fats, fiber, and protein from the black beans, pepitas, a wide array of
veggies, and protein in the yogurt dressing give this salad rib-sticking power,
without the need for meat
Mexican Salad Recipe Steps
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Roast the sweet
potatoes. I do this first, then prep the rest of the ingredients while the
salad cooks.
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Whip up the creamy
Mexican dressing. It’s a blend of lime juice, Greek yogurt, and cumin. It takes
three minutes to make and is SO good and citrusy.
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Add the lettuce to a
bowl, and start tossing it with the dressing. This gives a nice, light coating
of dressing.
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Add the rest of the
ingredients to the bowl. Toss, and drizzle on more dressing as needed.
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Top with tortilla
chips or strips. As many as you like.
Here are tips to keep Mexican Salad tasting its best:
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To make ahead. You
can prep all ingredients (except tortilla chips) and keep them separate or mix them together. Prepare the dressing, but leave it off the Mexican Salad ingredients
for now. I recommend waiting to add the creamy lime dressing until a few hours
before you serve it and waiting to add the tortilla chips until immediately
before serving, so they stay crunchy.
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To save extra time,
you can bake your pepitas and sweet potatoes ahead of time. Store the sweet
potatoes in the refrigerator and pepitas at room temperature until you’re ready
to assemble the Mexican Salad.
· How to pack it. Prepare all ingredients of the Mexican Salad, but do not add the dressing or tortilla chips to the other ingredients. Drizzle the dressing over the bottom of a large container, then add the salad ingredients on top. Place your desired amount of tortilla chips in a ziptop bag, and store outside of the refrigerator until serving.
When you’re ready to enjoy your Mexican Salad, shake up the
prepared container to toss the ingredients with the dressing. Sprinkle with
your tortilla chips, and enjoy!
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To store. Place
Mexican Salad in an airtight storage container for up to 3 days. If possible,
store your dressing in a separate container, and keep your tortilla chips
outside of the refrigerator so they stay crunchy.
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2- CHOPPED MEXICAN SALAD WITH CILANTRO LIME DRESSING
This Mexican salad is
the perfect combo of fresh and colorful ingredients that will add the perfect
pop to your summer table. Made with fresh summer produce, such as corn,
tomatoes, mango, and avocado, and tossed in honey sweet cilantro lime dressing.
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Step 1: First
you want to start by roasting corn and bell peppers. Roasting brings out the
natural sweetness of the vegetables and gives them a beautiful color.
For the bell peppers, set your oven to 425 F. Cut the bell peppers
in half, clean out the seeds, and core. Rub with little olive oil and roast,
cut side down, until soft and lightly brown, about 20 minutes.
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Step 2: In the
meantime, on the stovetop, roast the corn in little olive oil over medium-high
heat until charred and golden, about 4-8 minutes.
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Step 3: Next,
prepare the Mexican salad dressing by whisking all of the ingredients in a
bowl. Set aside.
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Step 4: Once
the peppers have cooled enough to handle, scrape away the skin and cut into
1/2-inch dice.
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Step 5: Combine
the roasted peppers, corn, and the remaining salad ingredients with the
dressing. Taste for seasoning and chill for about 15-30 minutes before serving.
MEXICAN SALAD DRESSING
What’s amazing
about this Mexican salad is that it doesn’t require much more as the
ingredients are all so fresh and seasonal. So the dressing is very simple and
ties everything together so well.
It consists of
fresh lime juice, fresh orange juice, garlic, shallots, honey, and cilantro.
The key to this
salad dressing is to use fresh citrus juice. It’s truly the best! And if
you end up with leftover dressing, simply store in an airtight container,
refrigerated, for up to 3 days and use it over taco bowls, fresh salads, or as
a marinade.
You can enjoy the
Mexican Salad right away, or save it for later using the below salad meal prep
tips.
you can also check this Mexican Bean Salad.
Have a wonderful Breakfast!
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