Taco Salad

Name: Taco Salad
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1 red bell pepper; 1 cup sour cream; 1 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce; Salt and pepper; 3 small tomatoes; 4 cups salad mix; 1 (15-ounce) can black beans; 1 (4-ounce) can black olives; 1 (14-ounce) can corn; 4 tortilla shell bowls; 1 cup shredded Cheddar; Sour cream

December 9, 2011

Taco Salad is awesome because it is literally a whole meal in one salad—and a vegetarian meal at that. If you want to add meat to the salad, you can cook and drain 1 pound of ground beef, stir in 1 tablespoon of chile powder, and spoon it onto the salad before you add the cheese. Tortilla shell bowls can be difficult to find, but you can just line a bowl with tortilla chips and get the same effect.

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