This chopped southwestern salad with ALL the veggies and the most delicious grilled turkey is so filling and healthy!

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What’s better than a giant-loaded chopped southwestern salad for Cinco de Mayo? Probably not much. Just because this here is your entire meal.

This salad is so filling and delicious with all the chopped veggies, not to mention insanely delicious grilled turkey, croutons, and zesty dressing.

For this recipe, I’m using turkey breast strips. They add healthy protein and are easy to cook.

I love that they are already pre-cut and ready to be seasoned. I went with a simple salt and black pepper combo with the addition of little olive oil.

I then just threaded the turkey strips onto skewers and grilled them for about 2 minutes per side. They turn out so juicy and add a little smoky flavor to the salad. Not to mention they take hardly any time to cook.

At the same time that the turkey strips are grilling, you want to add the croutons to the grill. They take about a minute to cook on each side and turn out so crispy!

The rest of the salad is made with corn, black beans, tomatoes, red onion, avocado, cilantro, and chopped romaine. Everything is then tossed in a honey-lime dressing.

The dressing is entirely made in a food processor. If by any chance you want to skip the food processor, just finely chop your cilantro and add all of the dressing ingredients into a mason jar and shake until combined.

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Chopped Southwestern Salad with Grilled Turkey

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  • Author: Katya
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 6 1x
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Ingredients

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Salad

  • 1 (16 oz.) Shady Brook Farms Turkey Breast Strips
  • 2 cups diced bread*
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 6–8 cups chopped romaine lettuce
  • 2 tomatoes on the vine, diced
  • 1 cup black beans
  • 1 cup corn
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • 1 cup diced red onion
  • chopped cilantro, to taste
  • kosher salt and black pepper

Dressing

  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, about 2 limes
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 tsp. honey
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • black pepper, to taste

Instructions

Salad

  1. Take the turkey breast strips out of the package and rinse under cold water. Pat dry lightly with paper towel and place in a bowl. Toss with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  2. Thread turkey strips onto skewers and place on a platter.
  3. Drizzle the bread cubes with little olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Thread onto skewers.
  4. Grill the turkey for 2 minutes per side or until fully cooked through and croutons for 1 minute per side or until lightly browned.
  5. Add the remaining salad ingredients into a large bowl and toss with the dressing. Taste for salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Dressing

  1. Place all of the ingredients in a bowl of a food process and pulse until combined.

Notes

*I find that rustic, handmade-style type stale bread (and not sandwich bread) works the best for homemade croutons. You want to dice the bread into 1 – 1 1/2 inch cubes.