Vegetarian Taco Salad Recipe

As I was searching for a recipe idea for vegetarian taco salad mixture, I came across this delicious sounding recipe from Eating Well. I love that this mixture can be made ahead of time to save time for us busy families during the week.

While, I prefer it eat it without meat, I added taco ground beef to my husband’s salad along with the vegetarian rice mixture. It was a hit!

This is also a nice dinner to stay under 400 calories while getting 14 grams or so of protein and a high amount of vitamin C, iron, dietary fiber! I use Calorie Count to analysis my recipes.

Vegetarian Taco Salad Recipe

 

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Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon oil
• 1½ cups corn kernels
• 5 tomatoes (I prefer Roma)
• 1½ cups cooked rice (I use Minute Brown Rice)
• 1 15 oz can of pinto beans (or use black beans or kidney!)
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1½ teaspoons dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup cilantro, chopped
• ⅓ cup salad
• Romaine Lettuce
• Pepper Jack Cheese
• Onion, diced
• Tortilla Chips or Tortilla Strips

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a skillet. Add corn. Cook for about 5 minutes.
2. Coarsely chop two Roma tomatoes and add to the pan.
3. Add rice, beans, chili powder, 1 teaspoon oregano, and salt to the pan and cook for about 5 more minutes.
4. Coarsely chop remaining tomatoes.
5. Combine tomatoes, cilantro, salsa, and remaining oregano in a bowl. (Add your diced onions at this time. Or if you have a onion-phobe in your household, leave them on the side.)
6. At this point you can combine all the ingredients including the cheese and the tortilla chips in a large bowl or you can leave it as a DIY Taco Bar, which is what I prefer to do.

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