Some Like It Tangy

I LOVE taco salad. And if there’s anybody that loves it more than me, it’s Mr. Spouse. I promise he asks for it EVERY single week. Well, I usually don’t comply with his requests because I don’t want to get tired of eating/cooking the same thing ALL the time, but I really do get a little excited when I put it in the plans. We usually eat our taco salad with corn, avocado, taco meat, crushed tortilla chips, and Italian dressing. Adam about FELL.OUT when we were first married and I suggested using Italian. He grew up eating taco salad with Ranch dressing instead of Italian & Dorito’s instead of tortilla chips. Not gonna lie…it’s pretty dang good that way, too! But when I whipped up this tangy version of the regular taco salad I serve, I knew that this would be making MANY more appearances on our taco salad nights! Now I won’t feel so guilty when I see this yummy dish on the menu ;)

TANGY FIESTA SALAD

Romaine lettuce

2 tomatoes, chopped

green onions, chopped

1 {10 oz.} bag of frozen corn, thawed

1 lb. ground beef

Taco seasoning {I used McCormick’s}

Tortilla chips, crushed {I used Santita’s}

Shredded Mexican cheese

Thousand Island dressing

Brown beef and drain. Return to pan and add {thawed} corn and taco seasoning. Mix well and cook until blended.

Chop romaine and place on a large plate. Y’all…this makes a SERIOUSLY large salad, so chop what you think you’ll eat :) I should’ve bought a pre-chopped bag of romaine, but the grocery store was out so I bought the whole bunch instead…and we used the whole thing! No wonder it was so dang LARGE! HA!

Remove corn & beef mix from heat and spread evenly over the romaine.

Top with tomatoes, green onion, and crushed tortilla chips. I think I might even add black beans to the mix next time!

The secret to this salad is the dressing. When I found this recipe, I had to call Mr. Spouse to ask him if Thousand Island was a good dressing. He was all, “Uh…yeah. Have you been living under a rock or what?” Yep…that’s where I’ve been. I’ve never had it before!

Dang if I didn’t seriously LOVE the dressing/salad combo! It was SO TANGY! And DElicious!!! I even went back for seconds…and I promise my servings were VERY generous. I had to switch to the sweatpants after I ate if that tells ya anything.

I absolutely love, love, LOVE this variation on our typical taco salad. I’m usually an iceberg lettuce kinda girl because it’s cheap, but I’m gonna have to splurge for the romaine from now on because it was so much tastier with everything else :) SUCH a tangy, tasty salad that’s sure to see the T.V. trays dinner table again SOON!!!

Now…tell me…how do you fix YOUR taco salad?