This Taco Salad is a great easy meal in the middle of holiday crazy town. Take a break from party treats and meals to make this simple meal. The homemade dressing sets it apart from the rest!
Simplicity is my middle name. Not really, but basically it is. I can’t handle complicated anything: meals, desserts, books, directions etc. If it looks complicated, I’m all “Nope.” You can trust that I stick to easy and simple and delicious when it comes to recipes. Like this Taco Salad.
A family friend made this at a party once and I asked for the recipe because our oldest child’s first birthday was coming up and I needed an easy meal that would feed a bunch of people. This salad does that. You can double, triple, octuple the recipe to suit your needs. Our friend mixes everything but the dressing together in a large CLEAN and UNUSED garbage bag. She just dumps everything into it and shakes it all up. Pretty genius if you ask me. Then have a variety of salad dressings on the side to choose from. We love this Taco Salad Dressing. You can add as much taco sauce into it as you want to give it the kick you need.
- Salad
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 (1.25 oz) package taco seasoning
- 1 head of lettuce, chopped
- 3 tomatoes, diced
- 1 bunch green onions, sliced
- 1 cup of kidney beans, rinsed and well drained
- 1½ cups (12 oz) shredded cheese of choice
- 1 bag of Tortilla chips
- Dressing
- ½ cup Thousand Island Dressing
- ½ cup Miracle Whip (or similar)
- Taco sauce to taste
- Salad
- Brown beef. Add taco seasoning. Drain off grease.
- Combine lettuce, tomatoes, green onion, beans and beef.
- Add tortilla chips, cheese and dressing just before serving.
- Dressing
- Mix all dressing ingredients together until smooth. Pour over salad.
 
Check out these other main dish salad recipes from my friends:
Turkey Burger Mason Jar Salad from Food.Faith.Fitness
Thai Shrimp Salad from Chelsea’s Messy Apron
Southwest Chicken Cobb Salad with Chipotle Lime Dressing from The Creative Bite
I love tacos in a salad form – your take on this looks delicious 🙂 The garbage bag idea is genius.. haha!
Taco salad is our favorite!!
I think it is a great idea to have Taco Salad during Holiday Crazy Town time. haha Thanks for the recipe!
We do taco-Tuesday almost every week… this will be such a fun way to mix it up!!