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Tex Mex Salad Bowl (Jazzy Vegetarian)

Tex Mex Salad Bowl is a flavorful meal comprised of crisp Romaine lettuce, colorful veggies, and a tangy lime dressing. It’s one of many easy plant-based recipes from Jazzy Vegetarian’s Deliciously Vegan by Laura Theodore.

Tex Mex Salad Bowl from Jazzy Vegetarian's Deliciously Vegan featuring avocado, green olives, corn, orange bell pepper, tomatoes, corn chips, and a tangy lime dressing

I love main dish salads.

Some of my favorites include Buffalo Ranch Chickpea Taco Salad, Roasted Chickpea Fattoush Salad, and Black Bean Pineapple Salad.

So when I was looking through Laura Theodore’s latest book, Jazzy Vegetarian’s Deliciously Vegan, I was immediately drawn to the Tex Mex Salad Bowl.

(And you can enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post to win your own copy!)

Tex Mex Salad Bowl from the cookbook Jazzy Vegetarian's Deliciously Vegan by Laura Theodore

You may be familiar with Laura from her popular public television series The Jazzy Vegetarian.

I like her recipes because they are really easy to follow. And they are made with ingredients you can find at your local market.

I also enjoy the menu plans for holidays and special occasions she includes in the book.

Check out some of the recipes I’m looking forward to trying:

Vegan Asparagus Tart

Cashew Stuffed Artichokes

Root Veggie and Lentil Trio Stew

Minty Cucumber and Carrot Soup

Fusilli Broccoli Bowls with Walnut Cream Sauce

Four-Ingredient Apricot Bars

Divine Chocolate Mousse Cake

I’m really can’t wait to try that last one!

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I highly recommend trying the Tex Mex Salad Bowl!

I love the combination of flavors, textures, and colors.

The chips add a nice crunch, but since there are only a handful in the whole bowl, it’s still a healthy meal.

I personally enjoy crumbling them into pieces and sprinkling them over the salad.

And the dressing is tangy, sweet, and spicy thanks to fresh lime juice, pure maple syrup, and cayenne pepper.

Plus you only need four ingredients to make it and no special equipment!

In fact, this salad is incredibly quick and easy to make. Just combine the ingredients in a bowl and add the dressing.

Now let’s make Tex Mex Salad Bowls!

Tex Mex Salad Bowl (Jazzy Vegetarian)
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Tex Mex Salad Bowl

This Tex-Mex style salad features a zingy lime-based dressing, paired with crisp romaine and cooked garbanzo beans. But since a Tex-Mex style salad is traditionally made with black beans, I decided to add a jazzy twist, by substituting black bean tortilla chips as a festive garnish. The chips provide a pleasing crunch, flavor and texture, adding a wow factor to this satisfying salad.

Recipe by Laura Theodore, from Jazzy Vegetarian's Deliciously Vegan. Published by Scribe Publishing, ©2018, reprinted by permission.

Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine Tex-Mex
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 503 kcal
Author Laura Theodore

Ingredients

SALAD

  • 8 cups loosely packed baby romaine or chopped romaine
  • 20 black bean tortilla chips
  • 14 grape or cherry tomatoes sliced in half
  • 1 cup cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans) drained and rinsed, if canned
  • Kernels from 1 large ear of corn cooked (or 3/4 cup canned corn kernels, drained)
  • 1/2 cup seeded and chopped orange or red sweet bell pepper
  • 4 green queen olives with pimento sliced
  • 1/2 large avocado peeled, pitted and sliced

SWEET AND SPICY LIME DRESSING

Instructions

  1. For each salad, put 4 cups of lettuce into a large bowl. Arrange 10 tortilla chips around the circumference of the bowl. Artfully arrange 14 tomato halves on top of the lettuce. Top with one-half of the chickpeas, corn kernels and sweet peppers. Sprinkle one-half of the olives over the salad and arrange one-half of the avocado slices on top in a pleasing manner.

  2. Put all of the dressing ingredients into a small bowl and briskly whisk until smooth (see note). Drizzle one-half of the dressing over each salad, and serve.

Recipe Notes

CHEF’S NOTE: For a creamier dressing, add more mayonnaise (up to 2 Tablespoons), to taste.

If you make Tex Mex Salad, or any of the other recipes on the website, I would love to see your creations! 

Use the hashtag #veggiessavetheday on Instagram and tag Veggies Save The Day so I don’t miss seeing what’s cooking in your kitchen. In addition, you can post your photos on the Facebook page Veggies Save The Day. 

Nutrition Facts
Tex Mex Salad Bowl
Amount Per Serving
Calories 503 Calories from Fat 225
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25g 38%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Sodium 311mg 13%
Potassium 1417mg 40%
Total Carbohydrates 57g 19%
Dietary Fiber 18g 72%
Sugars 17g
Protein 14g 28%
Vitamin A 365.1%
Vitamin C 109.8%
Calcium 15.2%
Iron 32.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  2. Always my Taco Salad which probably no one else would consider a salad. It’s evolved a lot over the years.

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  15. I love everything in Laura’s books and I love her and she is the best vegan cook I’ve ever met

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  17. Love your show and you have the best recipes…I’ve tried many of them…I will be making this Tex-Mex Salad this week…it looks amazing

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  20. Love Jazzy. We are in Canada and don’t get your shows anymore. Very disappointing. We have all your books except for this last one.

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