Taco Salad Bowls with Creamy Avocado Lime Dressing
These healthy taco salad bowls are a simple dinner full of nutritional benefits and flavor! The creamy avocado lime dressing is delicious with the fresh salad ingredients!
Ingredients
Creamy Avocado Lime Dressing
- 1 Large ripe avocado or 2 small avocados
- 1 Juice of large lime or 2 small limes
- 1/2 cup Dairy-free ranch dressing I use Primal Kitchen's Ranch
- Filtered water optional for consistency
Taco Meat
- 2 lbs Ground turkey or chicken
- 1-2 tbsp Avocado or olive oil
- 1 tbsp Tomato paste
- 3-4 tbsp Filtered water
- 2 tbsp Taco seasoning I'll include my recipe down below
Salad
- 1 large head Romaine Lettuce or 2-3 romaine hearts - chopped
- 2 Sweet bell peppers chopped
- 2 cups Cherry tomatoes halved or quartered
- 2 Avocados sliced
Garnish
- 1 bunch Cilantro chopped or torn
- 1 bag Healthy tortilla chips I use Sieté Maiz Totopos Chips
Instructions
Creamy Avocado Lime Dressing
- Combine the avocado, lime juice, and ranch in a small blender. Blend until smooth.
- Add filtered water as needed if the consistency is too thick. *I usually don't mind it being a little thicker, it will still coat the salad really well.
Taco Meat
- Preheat a skillet on medium-high heat. Add your cooking oil of choice.
- Thoroughly cook and brown your ground turkey or chicken.
- Add the tomato paste, water, and taco seasoning.
- Stir together to coat the meat then reduce heat to keep warm.
Salad
- While the meat is cooking, I like to chop and prep my produce.
- Chop your romaine lettuce, sweet peppers, tomatoes, and cilantro.
- Slice the avocado.
Assemble the Taco Salad Bowls
- To assemble your taco salad bowls, arrange the romaine lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, and sliced avocado into each bowl.
- Add some of the meat to each bowl.
- Drizzle a bit of the creamy avocado dressing over each bowl.
- Top with cilantro and crunched up chips.
- Mix up your salad and enjoy!
Notes
I'm super cautious about what goes into the foods that I am eating. Many store bought, pre-made seasonings include harmful and unnecessary additives that can effect our health. There are many of these additives that I avoid in my anti-inflammatory diet so it is usually easier for me to just make my own seasonings.
Here is my Taco Seasoning Recipe:
- 1 tbsp Organic Chili Powder
- 1 1/2 tsp Organic Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Organic Smoked Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Organic Oregano
- 1/2 tsp Sea Salt -Finely Ground
- 1/2 tsp Organic Black Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Organic Garlic Powder
- 1/4 tsp Organic Onion Powder
- 1/4 tsp Organic Coriander
