With the warmer weather, lighter dinners are the preferred meal around our house . . . especially as we try to whittle away a few pounds before donning shorts!
This main-dish salad has a great combination of tastes, sweet, tart, salty, with a bit of a bite.
Mexican Chopped Salad
April 13, 2015
Category
diet
Food
Health
Recipes
Summer Cooking
Serve with a loaf of fresh bread and enjoy. Muah!
Ingredients
- 1 small package frozen corn, thawed
- 4 cooked chicken breast halves, diced
- 15 ounce can of pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
- 1/2 cup Spanish olives, sliced
- 1/2 cup tomatoes, diced
- 1 Granny Smith apple, diced
- 1/4 cup pickled jalapenos, sliced
- 2 T. chopped fresh cilantro
- Dressing (directions for preparing dressing below): 2 T. olive oil, 1 tsp. ground cumin, 1/4 cup cider vinegar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/8 tsp. pepper
Instructions
- Spray frying pan with cooking spray and set over medium-high heat.
- Place corn in hot pan and cook 3-5 minutes until slightly browned. Turn frequently. Remove and cool.
- In large bowl toss corn, chicken, beans, cheese, olives, tomatoes, apple, jalapenos and cilantro.
- For dressing: Heat oil over medium heat.
- Add cumin and cook 1 minute to toast.
- Remove from heat.
- Whisk in vinegar.
- Pour over salad and toss.
- Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
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I’m still typing very slowly and very little as I TRY to rest the broken wrist. We are also still eating quickly prepared food because chopping is hard. Looking at my own pictures I can hardly wait to get back to spending a little more time in the kitchen and cooking THIS salad, as it really is delicious!
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Looks yummy! I love any kinds of salad and I am always looking for new recipes. Thank you for this! Hope your wrist continues to heal.
it looks delicious…:)
I love salad and am going to be adding this one to my list. Thank you for sharing. I am going to hang out awhile to look around. Have a Fabulous Day! #myhusbandhastoomanyhobbies.
This looks delicious! I love the flavor combinations.
Yummy Yummy Yummy! You are right this is the season for these wonderful salads and this one look delicious! Thanks for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!
Patti, I love things like this for dinner! Especially when it gets so hot out. Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Oh my, I’m wanting to taste this scrumptious looking dish, now! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Nancy
Patti,
Thanks so much for visiting my online home and I clicked over to yours and see a delicious dish staring back at me! It looks delightful! 🙂