Ensalada Por Cinco De Mayo

Posted by: mysweetmarie on: May 5, 2014

In: Recipes | Salads
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May is Celiac awareness month and to celebrate what better way than food?since today is Cinco de Mayo why not combine all these things and partake in a progressive dinner with some fellow bloggers. So grab your chef knife, a few ingredients, pour yourself a margarita and join us all for dinner! Start with www.glutenfreeeasily.com for an appetizer, then back to my blog for your salad with me. Next you’ll go to http://www.espirational.com for dinner and finish with a delicious dinner with http://www.carriegf.wordpress.com! here’s a recipe for a Mexican Salad that is pretty to look at and even better to the palate! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 head of romaine washed and sliced thin
1 pint of cherry tomatoes rinsed
1 avocado pitted, sliced thinly
½ red or green pepper sliced thinly
1 pkg of cole slaw mix
1 can black beans rinsed and drained
2-3 green onions sliced
½ cup fresh or frozen corn(thawed and warmed)
1 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese or goat cheese if dairy allergy or Dayia cheese
½ cup salsa
½ sour cream
4-6 corn tortillas

Dressing:

½ c. olive oil
1/3 c. lime juice
¼ c. cilantro chopped
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp cumin
½ tsp chilli powder or flakes if you like spice
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Make your dressing by whizzing all the ingredients together and let rest while you gather your salad.
layer all the ingredients for the salad in a large salad bowl. The cole slaw mix makes this authentic as in mexico cabbage is very common in their salads.
Brush your tortillas with olive oil and sprinkle with a taco seasoning or not, slice into thin strips, and bake till crispy but not brown! Top the salad with these, they’ll add a very welcome crunch to the salad.
serve with the salad dressed or dressing on the side depending on your group size.
Serve the salad with sour cream and salsa on the side for those that like that.
Would be great with shredded deli chicken for a complete meal or browned ground beef cooked with taco seasoning!
A salt-rimmed margarita would be the ideal beverage to accompany this salad but a simple pinot grigio would work as well!