Anita's Fabulous Southwestern Garden Salad

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 4

	1 packageSalad greens; 8 cups mixed lettuce
	2 TablespoonCilantro; fresh, minced
	3 eachTomatoes; diced
	1 15-oz canBlack beans; drained
	1 15-oz canCorn; drained
	1 cupTortilla chips; crushed
	1 1/2 cupsCheddar cheese; shredded
	1 pinchSalt; to taste
	1 pinchBlack pepper; to taste
	2 cupsChicken; cooked, diced (optional)
	--DRESSING--
	1 cupraspberry walnut vinaigrette dressing; Ken's Steakhouse Lite
	1/3 cupHoney
	1 8-oz packageGuacamole

Calories Per Serving: 1037
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Anita's Fabulous Southwestern Garden Salad Preparation

Wash salad greens and place in a large bowl. Dice tomatoes and add to salad greens. Salt and pepper to taste.

Drain the black beans and corn. Add both to salad greens.

Add the shredded cheese. Mix well.

I make the salad both with or without the chicken. It's fabulous either

way.

Crush the tortilla chips and set aside. You add these to the salad

immediately before serving so that they stay crisp.

To make the dressing - get a small bowl and add the Raspberry Vinaigrette, honey and guacamole -- mix well and pour on the salad mixture when ready to serve.

I came up with this recipe after eating at Chile's Restaurant and ordering their Quesadilla Explosion Salad. We absolutely fell in love with it. This salad is my version of Chile's Salad -- my family tells me that it's actually better, although I'm not sure that's true, I do believe it's just as good.

I believe the salad dressing is one of the main ingredients that makes this salad special.

I buy Ken's Lite Steakhouse Salad dressing (Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette) at Wal-Mart and I also buy the AvoClassic Guacamole at Wal-Mart too. You can find it in the produce section, usually next to bagged salad greens and fresh packages of herbs.

Notes

The raspberry dressing is well impossible to get down here in South Africa, but I do my best on substitutes. I make this salad often, whenever I have friends over for a braai (barbeque) which is a common weekend occurance. Its always divine.

Food Glossary

Learn more about the ingredients in this recipe: Salad greens Cilantro Tomatoes Black beans Corn Tortilla chips Cheddar cheese Salt Black pepper Chicken raspberry walnut vinaigrette dressing Honey Guacamole

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Anita's Fabulous Southwestern Garden Salad Reviews

	chuck2011 An outstanding salad with or without chicken added. Great flavor and a filling meal. 1 years, 2 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
	Petrushka When everybody in the family has seconds, you know it was good! 2 years, 9 months, 6 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes ago
	hanan@home I have made this recipe twice now and I love what the dressing does for this salad. I like to make a Mexican Buffet (Mexican,Southwestern, Tex-Mex) on Christmas Eve and I will be sure to have this recipe on the table. 4 years, 7 months, 5 days, 6 hours, 52 minutes ago
	cleverkt [I made edits to this recipe.] 5 years, 6 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 21 hours, 10 minutes ago
	cleverkt The raspberry dressing is well impossible to get down here in South Africa, but I do my best on substitutes. I make this salad often, whenever I have friends over for a braai (barbeque) which is a common weekend occurance. Its always divine. 5 years, 7 months, 4 days, 18 hours, 58 minutes ago
	promfh This makes a great warm weather lunch or brunch. I topped it with fresh tomato slices. 6 years, 6 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 20 hours, 1 minutes ago
	webtexan [I posted this recipe.] 6 years, 7 months, 3 weeks, 1 days, 5 hours, 52 minutes ago