Southwest Salad with Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing
Try this Southwest Salad with Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing recipe, or contribute your own.
- Preparing Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Served Person: 6
vegetarian
white meat free
tree nut free
nut free
gluten free
red meat free
shellfish free
contains dairy
pescatarian
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1 (15 oz.) can black beans rinsed and drained
- 1 clove garlic peeled
- 1 head romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- southwest salad
- fresh corn kernels from 1 ear of sweet corn
- 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes cut in half
- 1/3 cup roasted and salted pepitas (may sub. sunflower see
- 1/2 cup grated pepper jack cheese or more to taste
- tortilla strips for salads (i like fresh gourmet s
- creamy avocado salsa dressing
- 1 small avocado peeled and sliced
- 1 small jalapeno seeded deveined and roughly chopped (optional)
- 1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro
- 1/4 cup sour cream (may sub.plain greek yogurt)
- 1/4 cup smooth salsa (medium for more of a kick)
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar*
- juice from 1 lime
- 1/8 teaspoon smoked paprika (optional)
- hot sauce to taste (optional)
- Carbohydrate 6.10753718921757 g
- Cholesterol 10.7900000008454 mg
- Fat 5.17658604509479 g
- Fiber 2.68390366029026 g
- Protein 4.60284922703502 g
- Saturated Fat 2.48747158142086 g
- Serving Size 1 1 -8 (155g)
- Sodium 72.8014770333056 mg
- Sugar 3.42363352892731 g
- Trans Fat 0.379161169382626 g
- Calories 84 calories
Add all of the Creamy Avocado Salad Dressing ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth, scraping the sides down as needed. Add hot sauce and additional salt and pepper to taste. Add additional milk to thin to desired consistency if needed. Chilli in the refrigerator, time permitting.Add salad ingredients to a large bowl except for the tortilla strips and toss to combine.Toss salad with desired amount of dressing (there will probably be some left over) or drizzle dressing over individual servings if not eating all of the salad immediately.Garnish salad with tortilla strips and freshly cracked salt and pepper.
