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.
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!)
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:
Root Veggie and Lentil Trio Stew
Minty Cucumber and Carrot Soup
Fusilli Broccoli Bowls with Walnut Cream Sauce
I’m really can’t wait to try that last one!
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
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
- 2 1/2 Tablespoons vegan mayonnaise
- 1 Tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/16 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- 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.
- 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.
Kim H
This salad looks great! Can’t wait to try it!
Amy
Thanks Kim!
Lydia Claire
Always my Taco Salad which probably no one else would consider a salad. It’s evolved a lot over the years.
Amy
I am a huge fan of taco salads!
Jessica Gipson
I love a fresh veggie salad.
Amy
Always a classic!
Corrine
A vegan version of the Chinese Chicken Salad!
Amy
That sounds fantastic! I haven’t had anything like that in so long!
Sara Hall
This looks amazing! I am totally going to try it this weekend.
Amy
Thanks Sara! I hope you enjoy it!
Aimee B.
One of my favorite main dish salads is a Greek. 🙂
Amy
Great choice, Aimee!
Kasey Clark
I love a kale caesar with fake chikin on it as a full-meal salad!
Amy
Kale Caesar is so delicious!
Sue
You had me at Tangy Lime Dressing!
Amy
Yes, the dressing is a winner!
Sue
Taco salad is my favorite on hot summer days.
Amy
I never get tired of taco salad!
Kris Nill-Snow
Looks delicious! I love all the Jazzy Vegetarian recipes!
Amy
Me too! Her recipes are great.
Karen D
Spinach salad with strawberries and a balsamic vinaigrette.
Amy
Sounds delicious!
Karin Guy
I love all of your recipes!
Amy
Thanks so much, Karin!
Karen Kay
I LOVE The Jazzy Vegetarian! Kale Salad with cranberries and nuts.
Amy
That’s one of my favorites, too!
Debbie watts
I love a chick pea salad with strawberries and and veggies
Amy
Sounds delicious!
Debbie watts
I love everything in Laura’s books and I love her and she is the best vegan cook I’ve ever met
Heidi Borchardt
I’m looking forward to trying these recipes. Thank you.
Amy
Thanks Heidi!
Marci Morgan
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
A. Brown
Cashew Stuffed Artichokes stands out.
Amy
Yum!
Amber Malave
This looks so good. It’s alwaus nice to find cruelty free healthily dishes <3
Amy
Thanks Amber!
Georgette
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.
Janet Cswercko
Miss not being able to see show on wusf here in fl.
alice Minx
I love a good spinach salad with chicken. yum..
Jenny Ham
I love Taco Salads
Kayla Klontz
I love a Santa Fe Salad, just a little bit of spice!
Kelly woods
This salad looks yum. I love a chicken caesar salad. It gets me every time. Yum thank you
Amy
We only advocate eating vegan food here, but a vegan chicken caesar would be great!
Kim Naumann
Chicken taco salad..can’t get enough!
Amy
We love vegan chicken taco salad here since we don’t advocate eating meat.
Krys donaldson
Watch the jazzy vegetarian every Saturday after having 2friends who are vegetarian and vegan I wondered what to make, this Iwillbe a go to also plan to bring it to our annual block party.