Make-ahead Southwestern Salad in a Jar (no cooking)

Southwestern salad jar with tortilla chips, cilantro and lime

Make-ahead Southwestern Salad in a Jar (no cooking)

A Southwestern Mason Jar Salad packed with fibre-rich beans, colourful veggies, healthy fats, and a zesty lime vinaigrette. The added crunch from the tortilla chips is the best bonus. This is a make-ahead meal that actually holds up.

Course Menopause Mains, Menopause Salads

Cuisine American, Mexican

Keyword black beans, gluten free, grain-free, meal prep, no cooking, quick meals

Prep Time 10

Servings

Calories 921kcal

Author Jen Casey, Holistic Nutritionist

Equipment

2 12oz Mason jars

Ingredients

For the dressing

¼ cup fresh lime juice about 2 limes
¼ cup extra virgin olive or avocado oil
¼ cup fresh cilantro chopped
1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
1 clove garlic minced or grated
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
¼ tsp sea salt or to taste
¼ tsp black pepper or to taste

For the salad

1.5 cups black beans drained and rinsed
1 cup kernel corn (canned or frozen and thawed) drained
1/2 red onion finely diced
1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
1/2 cup grated cheese cheddar, Jack, mozza, or feta (or a blend of choice)
2 cups leafy greens
1 handful sunflower sprouts
1 bunch cilantro
1 cup tortilla chips optional
lime wedges for serving optional
avocado slices for serving optional

Instructions

Prepare the dressing

Combine all the dressing ingredients in a small jar with a lid and shake to combine. Divide the dressing into the bottom of 2 salad jars

Prepare the salad

Drain and rinse a can of black beans. Distribute the beans into the 2 salad jars
Drain a can of corn or thaw frozen corn. Distribute the corn into the 2 salad jars
Dice the red onion, halve the cherry tomatoes, and add them to the 2 salad jars
Add 1/4 cup of grated cheese to each jar
Top each salad jar with a handful of chopped lettuce, sunflower sprouts, and fresh cilantro
Wrap a few tortilla chips in parchment paper or plastic wrap and fit them into the very top of each salad jar before screwing on the lid
When ready to eat, empty the salad jar into a bowl and watch the dressing drizzle over everything. Break up the tortilla chips into the salad and mix everything together

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