Description

This is a beautiful, colorful salad full of delicious fresh ingredients and flavors. Serve with chicken, pork or your favorite main dish.

Ingredients

• dressing:
• 1/2 c. freshly squeezed lime juice
• 3 T. honey
• ½ t. cumin
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ t. salt
• 2 T. canola oil
• 2 T. extra virgin olive oil
• freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• tortilla strips:
• 6 six inch corn tortillas
• 1 ½ T. canola oil
• ½ t. sea salt
• salad:
• 1 medium head romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 medium your favorite kind of bell pepper, diced
• ½ medium red onion, diced
• ½ medium jicama, peeled and diced
• 1 medium zucchini, diced
• 4 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 4 ears corn or 1½ c. sweet, tiny frozen corn
• 1½ c. canned seasoned or unseasoned black beans, drained and rinsed
• ½ c. finely chopped cilantro
• whole cilantro leaves for garnish, if desired

Steps

1. dressing:
2. Combine lime juice, honey, cumin, garlic and salt, then stir to combine. In a slow, steady stream, add oils, stirring continuously. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed. Set aside.
3. tortilla strips: