Taco Salad

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I have made taco salad before, but today it came out quite different and I love it. The best recipes are the ones that are improvised! I usually make taco salad with ice berg lettuce, but I found that cabbage tastes better, is crunchier, and I love crunchy salads. I also find that Roma tomatoes aren’t watery like other tomatoes tend to be.

The quantity of the ingredients will vary depending on how big of a salad you’re making.

Salad mix:

Fresh crunchy cabbage

Roma tomatoes

Yellow onions

Fritos

Grated cheddar cheese

Dressing:

Sour cream

Hot sauce

Directions:

Slice the cabbage into thin strips and then cut in half for bite sized pieces. Dice the Roma tomatoes, chop the yellow onions (to desired size), crush Fritos and mix all ingredients together. In a separate bowl, mix sour cream and hot sauce for the dressing. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss to coat. Serve with iced tea!

Another reason I like using cabbage instead of lettuce is that you can make this and can store in an air tight container. Lettuce would get soggy if you did this. Just make sure to add the chips when serving.
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Spring Slaw Salad

I’ve never been a fan of cole slaw. Maybe it’s just how it was made the few times I tried it as a kid, and most certainly must have been how the school cafeteria made it. When I had a broccoli slaw made by a Pampered Chef consultant, it changed my perception on slaw salads. I created one last week that I thought I’d share with you. The ingredients were chosen on a whim, I simply added what sounded good to me. We had tried Zoi yogurt and it quickly became a staple in our home and we use it in various recipes. I’ll share more in the future.

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Ingredients:

  • 1 Crisp fresh head of broccoli
  • 1/2 head of Cabbage
  • 1 Sweet Red Bell pepper
  • Appx 1 C. Zoi plain yogurt
  • 1/2 C. Dried Cranberries
  • Sage Honey (appx 1-2 Tbsp)

Directions:

  1. The amount of vegetables you use will determine how much yogurt to use.
  2. I chopped all the vegetables into bite sized pieces and tossed in the dried cranberries.
  3. You can determine how much of each to add. I whipped up the yogurt (to diminish lumps) with a whisk before adding to the mixture.
  4. I mixed until well coated then drizzled the sage honey lightly over the top and mixed again.
  5. Keep it in an air tight container and it stayed fresh for over a week.

It was a delicious cool treat to be enjoyed as a snack, a lunch salad, or as a side at the dinner table.

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Caprese Salad

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Ingredients:

  • Vine ripened tomatoes
  • sweet basil
  • fresh mozzarella
  • Lodestar Farms Balsamic herb and dipping oil
  • sea salt

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Directions:

Dice tomatoes and mozzarella, cut basil into small strips and gently toss with Balsamic Herb Dipping Oil and lightly season with sea salt. Allow sea salt to soak into the salad before eating.

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