Southwest Spinach Salad Recipes

SOUTHWEST SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Place all of the dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, adding more water as needed to reach desired consistency.
• In a large bowl, combine the spinach, black beans, corn, tomatoes, red onion and avocado. (Or assemble salads on four individual plates.) Drizzle with dressing, toss lightly, and serve.

SOUTHWESTERN SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Cook bacon and let cool on paper towels.
• Hard boil, peel, and slice eggs.
• Combine picante sauce, dressing, and cumin.
• Slice pepper and onion.
• Crumble bacon.
• Toss bacon, pepper, onion, spinach, and mushrooms in a salad bowl.
• Rinse and drain black beans, add to salad.
• Drizzle with dressing and toss again.
• Garnish with egg slices.

SOUTHWESTERN SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the picante sauce, salad dressing and cumin. , In a salad bowl, combine the spinach, beans, mushrooms, pepper, onion and bacon. Drizzle with dressing; toss to coat. Garnish with eggs. Serve with additional picante sauce if desired.

SOUTHWESTERN SPINACH NICOISE SALAD

Steps:

• For the shrimp: In a small food processor , place the cilantro, 1/4 cup olive oil and garlic and process until it is combined. Mix the shrimp and cilantro mixture in a bowl until shrimp is covered. Heat a nonstick pan on medium high . When pan is hot , add butter and place shrimp in pan and cook until shrimp is pink , don't overcook or shrimp will be tough. Place on plate and let cool.
• For Potatoes: In a large skillet heat Simply Potatoes until heated through and browned, place on a plate to cool.
• For salad: In a large salad bowl or platter, layer spinach over whole platter or bowl. Starting from one side , layer the potatoes in a row, then layer the shrimp, then the black beans, the hardboiled eggs, the queso fresco, and the red onion. The ingredients should cover the whole salad in rows.
• Dressing: In a small bowl or food processor, mix the chipotle pepper, lemon juice , mustard and agave with a whisk. Slowly add the olive oil until it is combined with the ingredients and has emulsified. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with salad.