Taco Salad

From EatingWell: June/July 2006, EatingWell Serves Two

A super-quick blend of reduced-fat sour cream and salsa serves double duty as salad dressing and seasoning for the meat in our updated version of Tex-Mex taco salad. Depending on the type of salsa you use, the salad will vary in heat. We keep this version light with lean turkey, but lean ground beef (about 95%-lean) would also keep the nutrition marks reasonable. Just hold the deep-fried tortilla bowl and instead serve this salad with baked tortilla chips and wedges of fresh lime.

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"I like this recipe, but with a few variations...first of all it needs salt so I added a healthy pinch of sea salt. Also, I used lean ground beef instead of turkey and black beans instead of kidney beans, which combined with the pinch of...

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17 Reviews for Taco Salad

02/28/2013

Rochelle_65

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Very yummy quick dinner!!

LOVE THIS RECIPE!! I mix it up a little by using black beans instead (I am not a kidney bean fan) and using 3tsp of seasoning instead of 2tsp. I make a double batch of the meat mix and I either freeze it or eat it the next day as lunch in a tortilla or over brown rice or even just by itself!!

Pros: Healthy, quick, tasty

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11/05/2012

Anonymous

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Quick and easy

Use chicken instead of turkey and instead of chili powder and cumin used a low sodium taco mix to taste. Turned out excellant and very heathy.

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10/08/2012

Anonymous

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Taco bowl idea

My wife and I purchased the taco bowl maker that is advertised on tv. The one where you place a tortila inside the metal forming bowl and put it in the oven. It works great and we have made taco salads using 8" whole wheat tortilas. The 8" tortilas make a perfect size taco salad.

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07/02/2012

Anonymous

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Great recipe, but I too changed a few things, Used a 1/2 lb lean ground meat, and added a cup of corn, and used black beans instead. No reason to get rid of tortilla bowl, I used a tortilla, sprayed with vegetable spray, formed it around a microwave safe bowl and cooked for 1 and 1/2 minutes.

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