Name: Vegetarian Taco Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients: 4 ounces Mixed greens; 1 cup Shredded Cheese; 1 cup Black Beans; 1 Avocado (sliced); 2 Scallions (thinly sliced); 1 cup Cilantro (chopped); 1/2 cup Tomatoes (sliced); 2 cups "Cheesy" flavored tortilla chips; 1 cup Ground "meat" (my walnut meat recipe or Impossible Burger); 2 tsp Taco seasoning; 1/4 cup Olive oil; 3 Tbsp Wine Vinegar; 1/2 Lime (juice only); 1 tsp Agave nectar; 1 clove Raw garlic; 1/2 tsp Sea salt

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large salad bowl on a countertop full of greens, cheese, tomoato and avocado.

This month over at The Honest Company, I'm giving the Taco Tuesday a clean makeover! Typically taco tuesday includes tacos! That's pretty obvious. But this Tuesday we are turning the taco inside out and making a salad out of it. Horray for Taco "Salad" Tuesday. Grab a fork for these tacos.

Taco (Salad) Tuesday Ingredients

Crunchy Tortilla Chips

Fresh Tomatoes

Avocado

Black Beans

Faux Taco Meat (my walnut meat recipe is delicious)

Greens

Cilantro

Green Onion

Mexican or Other Shredding Cheese

large salad bowl showing ingredients that go into the taco salad recipe before the salad was tossing.

When I was a kid my mom would make taco salad all the time. But it had chicken and was made with Doritos. It was time for a makeover, don't you think? I'd love to hear what you think of this dish. Leave a comment here or I'd love to hear from you on Instagram as well.

And instead of a Mexican theme salad, you might prefer a Chinese "chicken" salad? I gave that old recipe a makeover as well. It's really delicious.

salad bowl full of salad on a counter. salad spoon is shown tossing the salad.

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Taco Salad Instructions

For the taco salad assembly you'll want to start by washing all your vegetables, chopping and slices them as directly. Then all of the proteins and vegetables go into a large salad bowl. Leave out the chips until you're ready to dress and serve the salad.

For the dressing you will simply whisk all salad dressing ingredients together in a bowl. Don't dress the salad until you're ready to eat.

For the taco "meat" you will want to follow my walnut taco meat recipe. It requires dehydration but if you're pressed for time, you can skip that part. Or, you can choose your own "protein". Impossible buger meat works well for this and so does The Very Good Butcher's taco meat.

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Vegetarian Taco Salad

This is a new spin on an old classic. Taco Salad! Like tacos, but inside out. Vegetarian and delicious.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Course Salad

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 2 entres

Ingredients

4 ounces Mixed greens
1 cup Shredded Cheese
1 cup Black Beans
1 Avocado sliced
2 Scallions thinly sliced
1 cup Cilantro chopped
½ cup Tomatoes sliced
2 cups "Cheesy" flavored tortilla chips
1 cup Ground "meat" my walnut meat recipe or Impossible Burger
2 teaspoon Taco seasoning

Taco Salad Dressing

¼ cup Olive oil
3 tablespoon Wine Vinegar
½ Lime juice only
1 teaspoon Agave nectar
1 clove Raw garlic
½ teaspoon Sea salt

Instructions

After cleaning your vegetables and lettuce. You will want to chop and slice everything as directed. Then put all of the salad ingredients into a large salad bowl, except for the chips.
To make the dressing, use a large glass liquid measuring cup and add the dressing ingredients. Whisk with a fork until thick, creamy, and completely blended.
When ready to serve, pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and toss well. Break the chips into the salad and toss the salad again. Serve immediately.

Keyword dinner, lunch, salad, Taco Tuesday