And the lucky winner is….
CHRISTI! Please email me asap at 110pounds at gmail.com with your full name and mailing address!
Now…onto dinner!
Dinner last night was created to satisfy a craving. I was craving salad and something spicy.
When I make salads, I tend to throw everything into them. This time: yellow and orange peppers and lots of other veggies.
I cried as I chopped the green onions. Who knew they were just like regular onions in that regard?
The prep time to chop everything was about 15 minutes or so.
Going with the southwest theme, I included black beans and canned corn.
I mixed them both together in one pot.
While the black beans and corn heated (Michael add cumin to the mix), I prepped the salad.
My salad was a mixture of green leaf lettuce, baby spinach and coleslaw.
The coleslaw adds some crunchiness to the salad. I topped the salad with chopped peppers and sliced grape tomatoes.
Then I added cubed avocado, chopped olives and chopped green onion.
Next, I poured some of the black beans and corn on the salad.
Michael cut up the last of our Mexican cheese. I think I like it better crumbled instead of in cubes. I didn’t eat much of the cheese. Since I was feeling lazy last night, I picked up Southwest Chicken already prepared.
The chicken was actually really tasty. It was spicy and flavorful and only 110 calories a serving. There were two servings in the package; I used 1 1/2 servings for the salads.
Michael cooked some small flour tortillas in the skillet to have with the salad.
I used a Lite Southwest Ranch salad dressing on mine then mixed it all together. Michael made a vinaigrette.
Dinner was delicious. Even though it was just a salad, it was filling too. I think all the veggies I added filled me up (and the black beans). Michael and I both agreed that we love big salads as entrees and want to do them more often.
Jen from She’s a Fit Chick picked me as a winner for her last giveaway. I was happy to find the box of Sokenbicha Tea when I got home!
A bunch of bottles of different flavors to try plus a reusable grocery bag. Excellent!
I tried one of the flavors with breakfast this morning. It was pretty good. No added sugar, not sweet. Perfect!
QUESTION: What’s your favorite salad creation?
Jennifer is Always Sick
That salad looks so good! I wish I didn’t have oral allergy syndrome. So many of those veggies, I wouldn’t be able to eat raw. I would’ve ended up cooking the peppers and omitting the carrots (so no coleslaw mix for me). But that does look super duper tasty and filling.
Do you and Michael usually prepare dinner together? That seems like a nice idea for some couple time.
Lisa Eirene
Yes we usually prepare dinner together. Michael does the bulk of the cooking but we do it together. I usually prep.
Sabrina
You made my favorite salad!!! I could seriously eat that for EVERY meal. Yummo!! But I never have tried it with Cole Slaw. I am sure that adds a unique element to it. May have to try it out.
Beth @ Beth's Journey to Thin
Ohhh that salad looks awesome! I would love the exact same one, minus the chicken and maybe more beans for extra protein. I love doing mexican themed salads, or recently i’ve been into buffalo style salads. Today I had leftover buffalo tofu with blue cheese crumbles and celery over greens and it was awesome!
Lisa Eirene
Buffalo salad sounds good too!
Amber from Girl with the Red Hair
Omigosh that looks DELICIOUS! I make salads kind of like that a lot (I call them taco salads) but I’ve never tried putting a southwest dressing like that on. I bet it would take it from good to great!
Awakening The Bay
Awesome!!
Thanks