Healthy Taco Salad

5 from 1 vote

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

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: American, Mexican

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings: servings

Author: Megan Olson

Ingredients

For The Turkey Taco Meat

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 lb ground turkey breast 97-98% lean
1 green bell pepper diced
1 orange bell pepper diced
1/2 cup red onion diced
1 jalapeno diced
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
15 oz black beans canned
Salt and pepper to taste

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

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Instructions

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.

Notes

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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