Southwest Salad with Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing Recipe
July 7, 2018
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Southwest Salad with Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing Recipe - This Southwest Salad recipe has quickly become one of my most popular and most pinned recipes of all time. It’s bursting with black beans, red bell peppers, tomatoes, fresh sweet corn, pepitas, Pepper Jack cheese, and bathed in Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing. The dressing alone is worth making this Southwest Salad!
Southwest Salad with Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing Recipe
Servings: 6-8
INGREDIENTS
Southwest Salad1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
fresh corn kernels from 1 ear of sweet corn
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, cut in half
1 15 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
1/3 cup roasted and salted pepitas (may sub. sunflower seeds)
1/2 cup grated pepper jack cheese, or more to taste
Tortilla Strips for Salads (I like Fresh Gourmet Santa Fe Style)
Creamy Avocado Salsa Dressing
1 small avocado, peeled and sliced
1 small jalapeno, seeded, deveined and roughly chopped (optional)
1 garlic clove, peeled
1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro
1/4 cup sour cream (may sub.plain Greek yogurt)
1/4 cup smooth salsa (medium for more of a kick)
1/4 cup milk
juice from 1 lime
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 tsp EACH salt, ground cumin
1/8 tsp EACH pepper, smoked paprika
Hot sauce to taste (optional)
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Directions:
- Add all of the Creamy Avocado Salad Dressing ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth, scraping the sides down as needed. Add hot sauce and additional salt and pepper to taste. Add additional milk to thin to desired consistency if needed. Chilli in the refrigerator, time permitting.
- Add salad ingredients to a large bowl except for the tortilla strips and toss to combine. READ MORE
Recipe by: carlsbadcravings.com
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