Sandy's Taco Salad

[Sandy]

   Sandy's Taco Salad
I have never made this before, so I am hoping it will work out.
I am winging it as far as the dressing goes. I mixed mayo, sour cream  and a package of taco powder and salsa together for the dressing. It tastes pretty good. I've chopped red, green, yellow peppers and tomatoes, onions, lettuce and a can of red kidney beans(398ml). I mixed broken taco shells in it. I mixed it together with fried crumbled hamburger and I have shredded cheese to put on it as well, so hopefully everything will turn out like it's supposed to. I will let you know the verdict on how it went over after supper.


1/2 cup Mayonaise
1 - 250 ml Sour Cream
I 35 gm package Mild Taco powder
I  430 ml jar Mild Salsa

1 red pepper - chopped
1 Green pepper - chopped
1 yellow pepper - chopped
2 tomatoes - chopped
1 purple onion - chopped
can also use greens from green onions - chopped
Lettuce - chopped
1 can 398 ml Red Kidney Beans
1 pound hamburger- fried, drained and crumbled
1 cup Taco Shells - broken - I used corn chips - broken

I added another 250 sour cream because I found the dressing pretty spicy. I should have only used 1/2 package of  taco powder.

Otherwise everything tasted pretty good, no complaints from Hubby. LOL.

[LISA]

Your salad sounds similar to the one Alicia gave me as a recipe except I baked mine...yours sounds great as a cold "salad" and I bet it was yummy! I think you could easily bake that recipe as well to see the difference in flavor-but you are right about the taco powder-I used too much on my first recipe and it was really strong too!! Did you use taco chips to eat it with?

[Sandy]

  I used Tostitos bite size Rounds. which is a a white corn chip, I am thinking that Taco shells broken would have been better, but the salad turned out good, except I should have had more hamburger or less of everything else. It tasted okay. I imagine it would taste good baked. I like the cold salad as you can make it up ahead and eat it when ever you want.

[LISA]

But that is the great thing about trying it once...you learn and fix the mistakes for the next time. I think your salad would act as a great dip when it is cold..you know what tastes good with the dips? Triscuits-they have a nice thickness to them with a great crunch...OR an idea would be to take your salad and use it as a base for a sandwhich or in a wrap! Either way it sounds like a yummy recipe! Thanks for posting!

[Amethyst]

That has so many more ingredients than mine!  LOL, I just use beef (prepared with taco powder), lettuce, cheese, broken nacho chips, and ranch dressing.

My cousin made a taco coleslaw at Christmas time.  It was yummy.  I think it was just coleslaw from a bag and doritoes.  Can't remember if it was coleslaw dressing or taco dressing.  Will have to ask her.

~Michelle