Mexican Salad 2

•  lettuce, any kind
• ground turkey or beef
• cumin
• chili powder
• garlic powder
• fat free refried beans
• shredded reduced fat cheese
• spicy ranch dressing (if you don't have spicy ranch, use regular plus some taco sauce)

Brown meat, seasoning liberally with spiced.  Whn meat is browned, add 1/4 -1/2 cup water and stir, add more seasoning if desired.  (Taco meat- without all the crud and sodium.)

Warm beans in oven or microwave.  Top lettuce with meat, beans, cheese and dressing!

Mexican Salad

• Lettuce, any kind
• chicken breast
• olive oil
• chili powder
• cumin
• garlic, fresh or powder
• avocado
• shredded pepper jack cheese
• black beans
• Ranch dressing
• taco sauce

Marinate chicken in olive oil and seasonings, no need to measure!  Grill chicken or saute in a pan until cooked through.  Slice.

Arrange lettuce on a plate. Top with warm chicken, avocado. cheese, beans, Ranch dressing and taco sauce (I use Taco Bell sauce).

Greek Salad

I generally don't like greek salad because I don't like the vinaigrette.  So this is my version. So yummy! 

• lettuce (any kind you like)
• reduced fat, low sodium lunch meat (roll it up and slice it)
• feta cheese
• green onions, chopped
• kalamata olives, chopped
• tomato, chopped
• humus
• tzatziki ( I buy it premade at WholeFoods)

Arrange lettuce on plate.  Top with a scoop of humus.  Layer with all the veggies, cheese and meat.  Then top with a scoop of tzatziki.

Cobb Salad

• chopped lettuce
• diced tomato
• sliced olives
• diced red or green onion
• hard boiled eggs, chopped (about 1 per person)
• cooked, crumbled bacon (turkey bacon for South Beach Diet)
• blue cheese ( or shredded cheddar)
• Grilled Avocado
• Dressing such as Ranch
• *For a wrap we use 'Flat Out' wraps

Layer all ingredients on the wrap or on a bed of lettuce and enjoy!  

Grilled Avocados

• avocados
• lemon juice
• olive oil

Cut avocados in half, leaving skin on.  Brush with lemon juice, then olive oil.  Grill on med-high, two minutes on each side.

Scoop out of the skin and slice.  Serve warm avocados on salads or in wraps, tacos and sandwiches.

Cobb Salad 

Vanilla Fruit Salad

This is a great way to get your kids to eat two healthy things at one- fruit and yogurt!  They will never guess it is healthy!  You can use any fruit you like, but stay away from overly juicy fruits like melons. They water down the yogurt too much. You can also change the flavor of the yogurt if you like. Pina Colada yogurt and more tropical fruits work great as well!

• Chopped fruit- (I used bananas, grapes and strawberries)
• vanilla yogurt (the single serving size should do fine for a large bowl of fruit)

Mix chopped fruit and vanilla yogurt. Chill and enjoy! 

Buffalo Chicken Salad

If you like our Buffalo Chicken Sandwich but would like to cut the calories, this is the perfect salad! All the flavor of the sandwich with a fraction of the calories, fat and carbs!

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 bottle of prepared buffalo sauce (I like Texas Pete's)
• 1 bag of baby spinach leaves
• 4 hard boiled eggs
• a handful of cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• Blue Cheese Sauce

Place chicken breast in a zip top bag with a 1/2 the bottle of buffalo sauce.  Marinate for 1-2 hours.  Grill on medium heat for about 5 minutes per side, or until done.

Divide spinach leaves among four plates.  Top each with 1 chopped egg and tomatoes.

Chop chicken and toss with additional buffalo sauce.  Add to salad.  Serve with a dollop of Blue Cheese Sauce.

*All phases of the South Beach Diet

Cherry Salad

I have had a lot of these marshmallow/fruit salads, but this is the only one that I actually liked!  It is delish!

• 1 can cherry pie filling
• 1 large container cool whip
• 1 cup miniature marshmallows
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 large can crushed pineapple or tidbits, drained
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk

Combine all ingredients and chill.