Chopped Southwest Salad
This looks like an awful lot of dressing, I know. But it's just salsa and low fat sour cream before I tossed it all completely together. The oil and vinegar in the pico may be enough flavor for you. Just chop all of your greens into bite-sized pieces and dice all of your other vegetables. Pictured here:
- romaine lettuce
- iceberg lettuce
- rinsed black beans
- thawed frozen corn
Yield: serves 12
Easy Pico de Gallo
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
10 minutes
This quick and fresh Easy Pico de Gallo is at the center of so many great dishes! If you are making tacos, a good southwest salad, burgers, or if you just have a summer vegetable garden gone wild, this recipe will come in handy.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups diced roma tomatoes
- ½ cup diced red onions
- ¼ cup minced jalapeno pepper
- 2 heaping tablespoons chopped cilantro
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a medium bowl and stir to combine.
- Serve with tacos, chips, burgers, salads, and more.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 38Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 109mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 1g
I eat salads all summer long, especially for lunch! So yummy!
Keep doing what you're doing, cause I love following your posts! I only catch up about once, maybe twice a week. And look at you, more awards, yay! I'll be checking out the bloggers you listed 🙂
You're so welcome 🙂 Well I'm a new reader and I'm not going anywhere! Lovely looking salad, I'll have to give it a try!
Thanks again for the award, Nickki! Summery weather may not be good for indoor activities like blogging, but it's always good for salad 🙂
Just so you know, I read your blog all the time but I don't always get a chance to comment. I am not in hibernation! I just wish life didn't get in the way of all the reading I want to do. 🙂
Love the salad..love cilantro!
Thanks, Ameena! I feel the same way about the reading. So glad you find a minute in your busy schedule to read here, but I'm waaaaay more glad you find time to write. Your blog consistently cracks me up.
I am so sorry that your readers are in hibernation. I must say I am a little guilty of this myself 🙁 But please know I still love reading your posts and thank you for sharing your recipes!
Awwww thanks so much! I am totally the pot calling the kettle black here, cause I've probably cut my posts in about half, just cause I'm busy! Love your blog & am so glad when you stop by to visit!
Thanks for the kind words. Life seems to hsve gotton so busy for everyone lately... Keep on posting!
That salad looks amazing. I'm totally craving salads at the moment, since right now I'm moving in less than 3 weeks and I'm trying to eat everything from my freezer or fridge and whatever else I can so it doesn't have to go in the moving truck...
Ohhh moving is rough. Especially trying to pare down the kitchen and empty the freezer. And then you find all the crazy that lives in the cabinet over the fridge...
Yeah I'm a bit terrified for the entire experience. Thankfully my parents live 35 minutes away from my current apartment so I can toss any frozen/fridge foods in a cooler and drive them over.
And I know what you mean about people dropping off the blogosphere...I've definitely noticed an inverse trend in the weather becoming nicer and my daily hits!
Congrats on the award. Well deserved. I do think some people are on vacay right now. I've noticed it too. The salad looks lovely, cool and refreshing for these wonderful warm days on our hands.
Thanks 🙂 I mighta shoulda put some crushed Doritoes in it... next time perhaps.
I love the black beans and corn in the colander! So pretty. That's a great meal in a bowl. I know what you mean by blog desertion. But I am working on it! I don't think it's UFOs, maybe it's the weather.
Haha thanks! I take lots of pictures in the sink cause I think the stainless steel background is neat 🙂 I'm guessing it's the weather. It's not even the lack of comments here that I noticed (mostly last week) but the blogs I look forward to reading that no one is writing! Was super glad to open my email anf find a Foodless Friday post!
Congrats on the award...so well deserved:) Your blog and recipes are amazing. Thank you for nominating Peri's Spice Ladle. I love finding people who love Indian food and are willing to try out its flavors.
And this salad looks divine...all my favorite ingredients in it!
Thanks! I do love Indian food. The chicken you posted Friday looks delicious... can't wait to try it!
Congrats on the award and thank you!
Mmmm...taco salad...now I know what I'm getting for lunch. Feel free to send a homemade Pop-Tart my way.
Thanks! I'm working on homemade Pop-Tarts, complete with that sweet royal frosting and rainbow sprinkles. Yuuuum.
I have not been abducted by aliens. . .yet 🙂 As the weather gets warmer I think more people will step away from the computers a bit more. Yummy salad!! Looks great!
Thanks! And I'm so glad you haven't been captured by alien forces. I might perish with out your recipes for delicious cake.
P.S ... that raspberry red velvet cake.... w - o - w
I know, right? That cake has been on my brain. Thanks for providing me an outlet for my frustration with awful vocabulary!
haha you're welcome... thanks for providing an outlet for my inner food addict. I just shared the image of it with my co-workers... they want in!
Wow! Amazing, thank you so much for reading my posts, sharing them and nominating me for your Liebster Award... I really appreciate it! Your salads look amazing too, I'm a sucker for a good salad. Keep up the yummy blogging.
Congrats on the award and on making such a fabulous salad 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks! It's salad weather here right now. I'm excited about that 🙂