Delicious Southwestern Summer Salad

Over Fourth of July weekend my aunt brought this salad to a family get-together and I fell in love with it. And now it is a staple pretty much every week! It is so good, light, refreshing, filling--and EASY! When I make this, it's the main course and Brian LOVES it! He gets excited when he knows we're having it! :)

Salad: -Bagged Salad greens (I use Romaine mix, and one bag feeds me and

Brian for 1 meal--we like big salads)

-1 large tomato diced

-1 can corn drained

-1 can black beans drained and rinsed

-shredded cheddar cheese

-tortilla chips broken up

Dressing: -1/4 cup lime juice

-1/4 cup olive oil

-3 Tablespoons cilantro

-1 jalapeno

-1 clove garlic

-1/2 teaspoon cumin

-1/2 teaspoon chili powder

You can chop the cilantro, jalapeno, and garlic and then mix all of the ingredients well, or you can do what I do and just throw it all in a food processor or blender.

Then you layer the salad in a bowl: lettuce, tomatoes, corn, black beans, chips, cheese, dressing. Easy as that.

(We like a lot of dressing on our salads too, so I usually double the recipe which leaves a little left over for whatever you want to use it for--it's good on sandwiches and to dip veggies or chips in. I mixed up a BIG quadruple batch of it a few weeks ago and kept it in a jar in the fridge, but it ended up seperating and getting all funky, so I'll keep a small batch for just a couple of days now.)

I hope ya'll make this and enjoy it! We sure do!

I got a little happy with the fiesta ware!

These are mega big gumbo/salad bowls and as you can see, they are full! YUM!

I didn't know how hard it is to make food look good on camera! These pics aren't the most appetizing things out there, sorry--I am not Pioneer Woman for sure!