Southwest Salad with Garlic Lime Dressing

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There are plenty of fresh veggies in this tasty Southwest Salad topped with crushed Doritos and creamy garlic lime dressing.

 

I have been dragging and dragging and dragging my life along these last two weeks. Most days I feel exhausted like I’ve been hit by a truck. My lack of energy has been a little ridiculous to say the least. My husband gets less sleep than I do and still gets more accomplished day after day. After mentioning this to a friend of mine, she simply just said “oh, you must be low in iron!”

OHHHHH YEAH!

I’ve been borderline anemic here and there the last 10 years. How do I forget such important things about my healthy so easily? Geeze louise!! During my last pregnancy, my levels got so low the doctor almost gave me a blood transfusion! Crazy, right? I doubled my dose of iron supplements I was already taking and that seemed to do the trick. But this more recent exhaustion situation made me somehow forget that little nugget of information about iron!

Motherhood + working business lady + keeping a house semi clean + 1.2 million things in my head does not make me an awesome rememberer.

I am my mother’s daughter.

Ohhhhhh genetics. Foiled again!!

So, now I’m clawing my way out of this funk, taking my vitamins and iron and slowly getting back to normal.

Halle-freaking-lujah.

I hate feeling…..off.

Anyways.

Vegetable eating is something that makes me feel…..on {for lack of a better word}. Sometimes I push the boundaries of my veggie consumption by adding something unquestionably unhealthy. Today’s culprit: Doritos. It doesn’t completely ruin the nutritional value of the salad, it only makes everything taste eeeeeeeven bettttttttter! The salad dressing also plays a delicious roll in this as well.

I realize this salad is not a groundbreaking brand new idea….not like Wednesday’s post will be….cough cough shameless plug….it IS however exactly how I get my 5 year old daughter to eat salad for dinner and lick her plate clean. Mix a lot of healthy with a touch of unhealthy and voila! Veggies go down the hatch.

THAT is what I like to call balance.

PS- whenever I say the word balance, I think of yoga. WEIRD. #mystrangemind

Now go make some unhealthy healthy salad. You will looooove it. Trust the Lauren.

Namaste.

Southwest Salad with Garlic Lime Dressing & Doritos!!

Katie Cooksey

There are plenty of fresh veggies in this tasty Southwest Salad topped with crushed Doritos and creamy garlic lime dressing.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine Southwestern

Servings 4 servings

Calories 1184 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 8 cups lettuce any kind
• 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1 large ripe avocado, sliced
• 1 can beans any kind, drained and rinsed
• 2 ears corn boiled and kernels removed
• 2 roma tomatos diced
• 1 cup loosely packed cilantro
• 2 cups precooked frozen grilled chicken
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 limes cut into wedges
• 2 cups crushed nacho cheese doritos
• salt & pepper to taste

for the dressing:

• 3 tablespoons honey
• juice of 2 limes about 3 tablespoons
• 1 small clove garlic grated
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup canola oil

Instructions

 

• Divide lettuce evenly between 4 bowls. Arrange ingredients around lettuce: cheese, avocado slices, beans, corn, tomatoes and cilantro.
• Heat precooked chicken in microwave on high for 3-5 minutes or until thoroughly warmed through. Cut into cubes and toss with spices. Arrange on salad.
• Add lime wedges on the side and top with crushed doritos. Sprinkle avocado and corn with salt and pepper, if desired.
• For the dressing, combine all ingredients together in a shallow bowl and whisk to emulsify. Drizzle over salads and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 1184kcalCarbohydrates: 100gProtein: 48gFat: 68gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 111mgSodium: 976mgPotassium: 1157mgFiber: 12gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 1676IUVitamin C: 24mgCalcium: 395mgIron: 5mg

Keyword southwest salad

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