Southwestern Style Salad is colorful and loaded with flavor
While temperatures are beginning to dip to cooler digits in parts of the U.S., it’s never a bad time for a tasty Southwestern Style Salad.
A quick dish to fix after a long day of work or when you just want something a little different. Easy to prepare, this salad is colorful and flavorful featuring avocado.
Take 4 Roma tomatoes – half, seed and dice into 1/4-inch cubes. Place in large bowl. Add 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1 small jalapeno (seeded, finely minced), 1 can (15 1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, 1 ripe avocado (seeded, peeled, diced), 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons lime juice, fresh ground black pepper to taste, fresh ground kosher salt to taste, 1/2 small onion (finely minced), and 6 strips of crisp bacon (finely chopped).
Southwestern Style Salad is good anytime of the year
Toss together. Put fresh spinach on plates, add salad and top with your favorite shredded cheese and serve.
What could be more simple than that? It doesn’t have to be a hot, humid day to enjoy this cool, delicious salad.
Thanks for dropping by today. Do you enjoy salads throughout the year or do you only eat them during the warm months? If you give this a try, be sure to stop back by and let me know how it turned out for you. If you post it online, just tag it with #thesurprisedgourmet. I’m always interested in knowing how you like the recipe.
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Serves: 4-6 servings
- 4 Roma tomatoes, halved, seeded, diced into 1/-4 inch cubes
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 Small jalapeno, seeded, finely minced
- 1 Can (15¼ ounces) whole kernel corn
- 1 Ripe avocado, seeded, peeled, diced
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice
- Fresh ground black pepper to taste
- Fresh ground kosher salt to taste
- ½ Small onion, finely minced
- 6 Strips crisp bacon, finely chopped
- Fresh grated Parmesan cheese to taste
- Spinach to taste
- Take 4 Roma tomatoes - half, seed and dice into ¼-inch cubes. Place in large bowl. Add 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1 small jalapeno (seeded, finely minced), 1 can (15¼ ounces) whole kernel corn, 1 ripe avocado (seeded, peeled, diced), 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons lime juice, fresh ground black pepper to taste, fresh ground kosher salt to taste, ½ small onion (finely minced), and 6 strips of crisp bacon (finely chopped).
- Toss together. Put fresh spinach on plates, add salad and top with your favorite shredded cheese and serve.
