15
min prep time
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hours cook time
min cook time
Southwest Salad

Ingredients
Featured CF Greens:
- butterhead lettuce
- radish microgreens
Salad
- about 3 oz / 7 cups Clayton Farms Butterhead Lettuce
- 1 cup Clayton Farms Radish Microgreens
- 1/3 cup orange bell pepper - chopped
- 1/3 cup yellow bell pepper - chopped
- 2/3 cup fresh cilantro - chopped
- 15 oz can of black beans - low sodium
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- butternut squash
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- kosher salt
- dried thyme
- 2/3 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 ear of corn - fresh
- 1/3 cup of red onion - chopped
- avocado
- lime
- 1/4 cup salted, roasted pepitas
Dressing
For the dressing, either use Salad Girl Chili Limon Salad Dressing - to taste
Or! you can make you own:
- 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
- 3 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
- 6 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 5 teaspoons of agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Directions
squash - you can start with frozen squash pieces as a shortcut!
if starting with a fresh squash:
- preheat the oven to 420 deg F
- cut slits in the squash and place in microwave for 6 min to soften
- remove skin of squash, cut into 1/2 inch cubes and place on a baking tray
- drizzle with olive oil, course salt and tried thyme
- bake in oven for 20 min or until softened and slightly browned
black beans:
- drain and rinse beans
- heat pan to med/ high
- add garlic and olive oil - let these ingredients heat up
- add beans, and salt to taste
- sauté for a few minutes
Prep and Building Salad
- cut fresh corn off the cob of 1 ear of corn
- chop (or use kitchen scissors) to make lettuce into 1 inch strips
- chop all other items except the avocado
- Slice up the avocado: Choose a ripe avocado and use knife to cut in half lengthwise around the pit. Then use a small paring knife to score the avocado in a diamond pattern for cubes of avocado. Use a spoon to scoop the flesh away from the skin of the avocado and place in a bowl. Cut a lime into slices. Squeeze lime onto the avocado to taste. Grind fresh pepper over the avocado and add coarse salt to taste
- Build salad with the lettuce first, then adding all items, and leaving for last the radish microgreens, pepitas and avocado
- Drizzle with dressing to taste
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