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Grilled vegetable taco salad with tomato vinaigrette

With easy-to-find ingredients and a flavor profile that almost everyone loves, this nourishing taco salad is easily adjusted to your tastes and needs. Remove the grains if you prefer a Main Dish Salad, keep it as Nourish Bowl to meet your daily needs for whole grains, or switch it up and serve it on a crispy tostada!

About the recipe

Giving you a whopping 5.5 points toward your Daily Wellness Score, this Taco Salad Nourish Bowl is a powerhouse of nutrition and foods that heal. Its varying textures are pleasing to the senses: the crispy tortilla strips and crunchy lettuce are the perfect balance to your soft avocado and grilled vegetables. 

It’s easy to whip up a homemade Tomato Vinaigrette that pairs perfectly with the vegetables and beans in this bowl. Just shake all the ingredients in a mason jar, and voila! A homemade dressing that’s as delicious as it is healthy. 

There are no constraints when it comes to choosing the veggies on your salad. Choose whatever is in season or whatever you truly love! Keep it the same every time, or switch it up. There’s freedom when it comes to veggies. 

This is such a versatile, nutritious home run of a meal. I’ll bet that you’ll come back to it time and time again.

Ingredients

Makes 4 cups | Serves 1

Grains and Legumes:

  • 1 corn tortilla, cut into strips

  • ½ cup black beans, cooked, rinsed and drained

  • ½ cup brown rice or quinoa, cooked

Grilled Mixed Vegetables: (1 cup)

  • ½ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

  • 1½ cups combination of vegetables you love:

  • white or yellow onion, cut in circles

  • zucchini, sliced

  • yellow summer squash, sliced

  • sweet red pepper, slice into strips

  • any variety of asparagus, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower

  • ½ cup corn, fresh corn on the cob steamed and cut off the cob, frozen kernels steamed, or canned corn, drained

  • ¼ jalapeno, diced very fine, as an option for those that like their salad spiced up a bit!

Fresh Salad Greens and Vegetables: (2 cups total)

  • 1½ cups of lettuce greens, torn into bite-size pieces

  • ¼ cup red cabbage, finely chopped

  • 2-3 tablespoons cilantro, washed, drained, and chopped (optional)

  • 2 tablespoons white onions finely diced (option for onion lovers)

  • ¼ cup tomatoes (grape, cherry, your favorite kind of tomatoes)

  • sweet red pepper, slice into strips

  • Garnish with ¼ avocado, diced or sliced

Tomato Vinaigrette:

Makes 1¼ cup |Portion size ~4 tablespoons | Servings: 5

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

  • 6 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice or balsamic vinegar

  • 1 scallion or green onion, washed and finely sliced

  • ½ cup fresh tomatoes, diced OR canned petite-diced tomatoes, retain juice

  • 1 teaspoon honey

  • 1 fresh garlic clove, finely minced or ½ teaspoon granulated garlic powder, to taste

  • ½ teaspoon salt, to taste

  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin, to taste

  • ½ teaspoon ground chili powder, to taste

Directions

01

Prepare Tomato Vinaigrette. Add all of the vinaigrette dressing ingredients to a sealed container and shake well. Refrigerate before using for best flavor, but can also use immediately. Adjust seasonings for personal taste preference. Chill until ready to toss with salad just before serving.

02

Prepare the tortilla. Warm the whole corn tortilla in a skillet just before serving if using the whole tortilla. For the corn tortilla strips as a salad topping, cut the corn tortilla into thin slices and heat in skillet until strips reach desired crispiness.

03

Grill Vegetables. In a heavy skillet over medium heat, add olive oil (or saute in water or vegetable broth if you prefer using no oil). Begin grilling the onion circles and red pepper slice. When partially cooked, add squash, green beans or any veggies you enjoy. Cook until just tender. Add cooked corn and fresh jalapenos to the grilled mixture in the last one to two minutes of cooking. (For an extra special salad, try grilling the whole corn on the cob. Shave off kernels from the cob for the salad and sprinkle ½ cup of grilled corn kernels on your Taco Salad .)

04

Prepare fresh salad ingredients: In a large salad bowl, place the prepared lettuce greens, shredded cabbage, and grated carrots.

05

Assemble the salad: Toss the drained black beans, cooked rice, cilantro, onions, and tomatoes in the large salad bowl with the fresh salad ingredients.

06

Toss the salad with the Tomato Vinaigrette to cover all the salad ingredients well.

07

Top the salad with the Grilled Mixed Vegetables and garnish with diced avocado. Drizzle extra dressing on top of grilled vegetables and avocado. Top the salad with crispy corn tortilla strips.

Tips

01

This Main Dish Salad is turned into a Nourish bowl, meaning it contains all the food components in the right amounts to create The Plate meal plan. If you want a Main Dish Salad, you can remove the whole-grain rice.

02

Turn your Taco Salad lunch into a delicious Tostado Dinner: Place the warmed whole corn tortilla on a plate and stack with cooked beans and brown rice. Top with the fresh salad ingredients tossed in the Tomato Vinaigrette. Add the Grilled Mixed Vegetables and garnish with cilantro, onions, and avocado. Drizzle with additional Tomato Vinaigrette.

03

The Tomato Vinaigrette can be made 1 to 2 days ahead and stored in the refrigerator until serving.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size
Grilled Taco Salad 1 Meal Portion with 4 tablespoons Tomato Vinaigrette

Amount per serving

Calories
636
Protein
19

g

Total carbohydrate
96
g
Dietary fiber
24
g
Net carbs
72
g
Total fat
23
g
Cholesterol
0
mg
Sodium
459
mg
Potassium
1831
mg
Vitamin c
mg
Iron
6
mg
Calcium
mg

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Here is my problem- I am a Type I diabetic and 74 grams (in my experience- a recent diagnosis) would take a lot of short acting units of insulin 4 units for 80 grams. I’m concerned about this. Wonder is this is the program for me?

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Reply from Dr. Cheryl:

-I specialize in diabetes care and have helped hundreds of people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. There is 74 grams of total carbs in this smoothie and 23 grams of these carbs are from fiber since the ingredients are all whole plant foodsI What we teach in Dr. Cheryl Wellness is how to count carbs and focus medication dosages on NET carbs - so this smoothie as it is has 51g of net carbs and this is a full meal replacement that will keep you full for 4 hours. So if you need 1 unit of short acting insulin for every 20 grams of carbohydrate (as you noted in your comment your Rx is with type 1 diabetes), you would need 2.5 units of insulin for this full meal smoothie. I help members adapt a meal plan and wellness routine that works for them even with type 1 diabetes. People with Type 1 Diabetes, you can become insulin resistant and so it takes both food and lifestyle habits to help you become more insulin sensitive and at the same time not let you miss out one getting the healthy antioxidants you need to combat other diseases, have a healthy gut, and add more healthy years. You get these protective antioxidants from whole fruits and vegetables and too many health professionals are stripping these away from those with diabetes with the siloed focus of blood sugar and not exploring ways your body can maximize on all the benefits of whole fruits and vegetable and whole food carbohydrates, protein and fat and at the same time balance your blood sugar to optimize your insulin dosage. For you, I would suggest adding 10 more grams of protein to this smoothie in the form of 1/4 cup more of nuts or adding greek non-fat yogurt or a scoop of pea or whey protein powder if you prefer. I will work with you in my membership to find the right formula for each of your meals so you can optimize your nutrition and balance your blood sugar. I hope you sign up for my weekly email, check out my membership and listen to my weekly podcast "The Wellness Table" on your favorite podcast platform or here on the website on the podcast tab or on Youtube channel Dr Cheryl Wellness. Great to see you here.

Hello Dr. Cheryl! I would love to try this recipe, but the list of ingredients is incomplete as written. Just thought you should know!

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February 21, 2024
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Sorry for the delay in response. Just learning how to reply to comments on my new website. I fixed the recipe based on your catching this error and it should be great for you now. Thank you for letting me know. I hope you enjoy this delicious smoothie.

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Thanks Sandra! We love this recipe!

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August 22, 2023
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So glad you are enjoying this recipe. It definitely is a family favorite at my house.

Sushi is my fav!!

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I love it too! You can get all your healthy foods wrapped up in a sushi roll for a delicious meal.

Love this coffee!

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Great to see how to respond to your comments on my new website. Glad you enjoy the superfood coffee. A great start to your day.

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