Blue Corn Chip Salad

About the Recipe

Ingredients

Makes 2 Servings

4 c (180 g) baked blue corn chips, other colored corn chips can be substituted
1 small head red-leaf lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
16 oz (360 g) cooked black beans, rinsed
1 c (259 g) salsa
3 roasted red peppers, sliced into strips about 2" long by 1/2" thick
1 Roma tomato, diced
1/4 c (60 mL) green pumpkin seeds

Directions

1. Place the corn chips on the plates first.

   
   
   

2. Next, add the lettuce.

   
   
   

3. Then, add sliced roasted red peppers.

   
   
   

4. Top it off with the beans, tomatoes, and salsa.

   
   
   

5. Options: If you add green pumpkin seeds, make them the final ingredients you place on the salad.

   Core Concepts: Baked corn chips make excellent croutons. They are a perfect substitute for the bready kind that are usually fried in and laden with oil.

   
   
   

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