Southwest Spinach Salad

This Southwest Spinach Salad is delicious for lunch or a lighter dinner. It’s topped with a creamy avocado dressing that comes together in just minutes in your blender!

Now that we’re a little ways into January, dare I ask how you’re doing with any goals that you made for the new year? If you’re like me, you might be trying to eat a little healthier after all of the holiday indulgences. I’m trying to fit more fruits and vegetables into my meals and snacks, and salads are an easy way to do just that!

This Southwest Spinach Salad is simple yet full of good things. It starts with fresh baby spinach, which is topped with black beans, corn and tomatoes. I like to add a little red onion for extra flavor.

The finishing touches on this salad are sliced avocado and a creamy avocado dressing made with cilantro and lime. I doubled up on the avocado because you can never have too much avocado, right?

This salad is perfect for lunch or dinner. As is, the recipe is vegetarian, but it would also be delicious with grilled chicken.

This Southwest Spinach Salad is one of those staple recipes that I can see myself making year-round! And the dressing is so good, you’ll want to make a batch often. Next time, I’ll make extra to add to burritos or drizzle on fish tacos. Yum!

Here are a few more salad recipes you might enjoy:

• Spinach Salad with Hot Prosciutto Dressing
• Kale Superfood Salad with Quinoa and Blueberries 
• Spinach Salad with Chicken, Avocado and Goat Cheese
• Asian Chicken Salad 
• Chickpea and Spinach Salad with Cumin Dressing
• Blueberry Broccoli Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Ranch 
• Autumn Apple and Spinach Salad
• Apple Brie Salad 

If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.

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Southwest Spinach Salad

By RecipeGirl.com

Easy and flavorful salad!

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Total: 15 minutes mins

Servings: 4 servings

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Ingredients

DRESSING:

• ▢ ½ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
• ▢ ½ medium avocado, peeled and pitted
• ▢ 2½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• ▢ ½ cup fresh cilantro
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
• ▢ 1 tablespoon water, plus more as needed

SALAD:

• ▢ 8 cups baby spinach
• ▢ One 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
• ▢ 1 cup canned corn, drained
• ▢ 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
• ▢ ¼ cup chopped red onion
• ▢ ½ medium avocado, sliced

Instructions 

PREPARE THE DRESSING:

• Place all of the dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth, adding more water as needed to reach desired consistency.

ASSEMBLE THE SALAD:

• In a large bowl, combine the spinach, black beans, corn, tomatoes, red onion and avocado. (Or assemble salads on four individual plates.) Drizzle with dressing, toss lightly, and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 291kcal, Carbohydrates: 41g, Protein: 16g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 273mg, Potassium: 1152mg, Fiber: 14g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 6017IU, Vitamin C: 35mg, Calcium: 126mg, Iron: 4mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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