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Healthy Eating

40 Days Of Clean Eating: Southwest Salad With Chipotle Dressing

This salad delivers flavor, crunch, and is great with your favorite grilled meat.

Written by Kari Lund Last updated on February 17, 2017

Day 40 of 40

Originally posted on Cooking Up Clean [Photo credit: Kari Lund]

Prep time: 10 min

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups mixed greens (romaine, spinach, spring greens)
  • 1 corn on the cob, grilled and kernels cut off (or use ½ cup frozen and then cooked corn kernels)
  • 2 scallions, grilled if desired and then sliced into bite size pieces
  • 15-20 grape tomatoes, halved
  • ½ can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1-2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
  • Crushed tortilla chips for garnish/crunch

Dressing:

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon chipotle in adobo, finely chopped

Instructions:

  1. In a large serving dish, layer the greens, corn, scallions, tomatoes, and black beans.
  2. Add tortilla chips if desired.
  3. Garnish with cilantro.
  4. In a small bowl or mason jar, add all dressing ingredients and whisk until combined. If using a mason jar, screw on lid and shake until combined.
  5. Pour over salad and enjoy!

Notes:

Also delicious with chopped avocado, diced grilled chicken or steak!

Serve this salad with a fantastic main dish:

40 Days of Clean Eating: Ginger Grilled Scallops

About Kari Lund

Kari believes that everything leading to great health and performance begins with the foods we eat. Simple, nutritious food can make significant and long-term positive changes in health. In her late teen years, Kari was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. After giving up hope of ever feeling “normal” again, she turned to a whole foods and clean-eating lifestyle. Since doing so, she has seen incredible results in healing with food.

Providing tasty recipes and resources to help others live a more fulfilling life is highly motivating. Kari's personal victories have led her to create the whole-foods focused blog, Cooking Up Clean. Her recipes are a testament that healthy eating can be a visual feast and a delicious meal for the whole family.

When she’s not cooking up something great in the kitchen, you’ll find Kari out enjoying the outdoors, shooting archery, and gardening.

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