Healthy Taco Salad
This Healthy Taco Salad is a low calorie meal packed with veggies, ground turkey, black beans and topped with a Greek yogurt salsa dressing. A super simple meal that's filling, high in protein and fiber to keep cravings away.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Diet: Gluten Free
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 393kcal
For The Salad
- 1 head romaine lettuce shredded
- 1 cup grape tomatoes sliced
For the Dressing
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt nonfat plain
- 1/2 cup salsa
Heat a large skillet to medium heat. Add the olive oil to the skillet with the diced bell peppers, red onion and jalapeno. Stir and cook 4 minutes until the veggies are almost tender.
Add the ground turkey to the skillet with all seasonings plus salt and pepper. Break the meat up with a spatula as it cooks and mix it with the veggies. Cook until the meat is browned.
Drain the canned black beans in a colander, rinse then add to the skillet and stir them in. Cook on low while to heat the black beans while you prepare the dressing.
In a bowl, stir together the Greek yogurt and salas until smooth to make the dressing. Set aside.
Assemble the taco salad by placing the lettuce in the bowl, topped with the meat mixture, sliced grape tomatoes and dressing.
- Serving size of the taco meat is about 1 cup. Serving size of the dressing is 3-4 tablespoons.
- Dressing is not calculated in the nutritional values. This is 26.25 calories per serving.
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Serving: 1serving | Calories: 393kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 1370mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 15268IU | Vitamin C: 79mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 6mg