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Filled to the rim with greens, vegetables, and a tasty lime dressing. Put it together while your enchiladas are in the oven or your taco meat is bubbling away in the pressure cooker or stove. So, are you ready to learn how to make Mexican salad with lime dressing? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
So, what do you need for this tasty salad? The ingredient list below is just a base to start from. Add what you love and omit what you don’t.
- Salad – choose a salad of mixed greens
- Red onion – finely dice
- Cherry tomatoes – dice into small pieces
- Avocado – slice the avocado
- Sunflower seed mix – to sprinkle on top of the salad
- Cotija cheese – if you can’t find cotija you can substitute it with feta cheese
- Olive oil – the base of the dressing
- Mustard – to add to the dressing
- Lime or lemon – use fresh juice to add to your dressing
- Sugar – to sweeten the dressing
- Black pepper – season to taste
- Cilantro (optional)
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Mexican Salad With Lime Dressing
- This salad recipe is so easy to make. Wash the mixed greens and let them drain. Set aside. Take a small bowl or mason jar and add the olive oil, mustard, lime, sugar, and black pepper.
- Whisk together until combined. If you do not have lime, you can easily substitute it with lemon juice. Put the mixed greens in a big bowl.
- Thinly slice the onion, half the cherry tomatoes, and dice the avocado. Add to the salad and toss. Sprinkle the sunflower seed mix on the salad and drizzle the salad dressing evenly on the salad.
- Again, toss to combine. Complete with some crumbled cotija cheese or feta if cotija cheese is not available.
- Your salad is ready to serve.
Mexican Salad Recipe
You can find numerous salad recipes on the Tortilla Channel but this salad might be the easiest of them all. With a great lime dressing, it gives it the kick it needs.
This delicious salad recipe is quick and easy to make. You can customize and add all of your favorite ingredients.
Even though I serve it mostly with Mexican recipes it fits perfectly as a side salad. Add some protein and you have a terrific main dish!
Give it some color with bell pepper or cherry tomatoes. These tomatoes are homegrown in my small backyard greenhouse. I just love the taste of fresh natural tomatoes. You can easily grow your own.
Just save the seeds from your favorite cherry tomato, put them in a pot, and put it on a sunny window sill. It is the best thing ever and you love this salad even more.
Salad Ingredient Options
To give you some ingredient inspiration take a look at what you can add to this salad:
- Beans – you can add pinto, and kidney to give your salad some bite. Chickpeas are also great in this recipe
- Corn – sweet corn is a great addition to any salad
- Bell pepper – add some sweet red bell peppers or a mix of green, yellow, and red peppers to add some vibrant colors to your salad
- Cucumber – cucumber is another great vegetable to add to your salad
- Sun-dried tomatoes – make sun-dried tomatoes and add them to this recipe
- Protein – this salad is vegetarian but you can add some shredded chick, beef, or carnitas to this salad
- Fruit – if you love fruit in your salad this is a great salad for it. Add mango, pineapple, green apple, or grapefruit
Serve Mexican Salad With
If you are looking for a great Mexican recipe to serve this salad with, try one of the following recipes:
- Mexican fries
- Instant Pot taco meat
- Chicken enchiladas
- Chilaquiles
- Salmon tacos
- Vegetarian nachos
- White chicken chili
More Salad Recipes
If you are looking for more salad inspiration here are a number of my favorite salad recipes:
- Taco salad
- Mexican street corn salad
- Rice salad with tuna
- Cucumber salad
- Creamy potato salad
- Taco chicken salad
- aAvocado tomato salad
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Mexican Salad With Lime Dressing
This delicious Mexican Salad with lime dressing recipe is so easy to make. Done in no time with all your favorite ingredients.
Ingredients
- 5 ounces mixed greens
- 1 small red onion
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- 1 avocado
- 2-3 tablespoon sunflower seeds mix
- 1/3 cup crumbled cotija cheese or feta
- Fresh chopped cilantro
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Wash the greens let them drain and set aside
- Take a small bowl or mason jar and add the olive oil, lime juice, mustard, sugar, and black pepper. Whisk or shake until combined
- Finely slice the red onion, half the cherry tomatoes, and chop the avocado. Add to the salad
- Sprinkle the sunflower seed mix on top of the salad before you drizzle the dressing on the salad
- Toss to combine. Serve immediately
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 298; Fat: 25g; Carbs: 15g; Protein: 6g;
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