A Taco Salad Lunch

By Sarah 4 Comments

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Welcome back to Get Motivated Mondays! I hope you’re enjoying this series where I share ways to stay motivated to be healthier. Today I’m sharing about an easy lunch that I enjoy:

This is one of THE EASIEST healthy lunches that I make for myself when I’m trying to up my vegetable consumption.

Chop up some Romaine lettuce. (try not to use iceberg because it’s not worth much nutritionally)
Top it with Fat Free Refried Beans (because the other stuff is mixed with high fat lard and/or vegetable oils)
I usually top it with some cheese, sour cream and jalapenos. (I know the cheese and sour cream has some fat content in it, but I find that I do better throughout the day with this added…so long as I don’t go overboard!)
Salsa is a natural choice to top this salad. It’s low in fat and calories and gives it the extra zing it needs!

I usually choose to omit taco chips and it still tastes like a delicious Mexican meal but leaves the extra calories out.

Chicken Taco Salad — This is a picture of the chicken taco salad I made from the chicken tacos slow cooker recipe that I shared before. You can view that alternate recipe by clicking on the picture.

Do you have an easy lunch that is good for you, yet doesn’t take long to prepare? I’d love to hear about it here!

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Amorette DavisUser of the Free Freezer to Slow Cooker One Week Menu
Thank you so much! As a special needs mommy these recipes have helped us so much. I often am very busy with being a nurse for our child that I don't have time for making sure we get meals. This allows me to do all my prep on the weekends, while my husband is home to help, and to cook during the week. So grateful!
Linda SearsOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Menus
Sarah’s Freezer to Slow Cooker ebooks have been a fantastic addition to my meal plans. They make meal planning easy and my family happy. I love the way each recipe is laid out, with a shopping list and ingredient prep list, along with cooking instructions. Sarah’s done all the hard work for me! The recipes have used have all been delicious and easily adaptable to my family’s taste and the number of people I’m serving.
FranOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebooks
I purchased all of your freezer to slow cooker ebooks a month or so ago and I'm in love with this way of cooking. I now have taken all 10 weeks of recipes and written them of my menu planner and then I repeated the 10 weeks and will continue to do so throughout the year. My family of 5 adults and 1 child enjoy the meals that you have planned and I have cooked and I'm excited that the next time when that meal comes due up in the rotation I won't have to purchase anything but just pull it from the freezer. Thank you so much

A Happy Slow Cooker User
rayzn2angelsfrom Freezer to Slow Cooker Series
This makes my life so much easier. I'm a busy work at home/stay at home mom, wife, business woman and I feel like dinner is always the thing I just never get time to do. We have done like 15 of the crockpot recipes from Sarah and they are all very yummy. They get a thumbs up from my husband and kids every time. And there is always enough for my husband to take the left overs at least 2x per recipe. I have a family of 5, 2 adults, 21, 13, 16. So it makes plenty. Thank you Sarah.
Dawn S.Buyer of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebook Series
I am a 59-year-old wife and mother of two grown children. I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling one out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home. I hate feeling rushed when I cook so Monday - Friday I use those crockpot meals and make enough that we have lunch the next day. I take Sunday afternoon, fix up what I need for the week (I don't have a lot of freezer space so I do a week's worth at a time) and I'm done with it! Saturdays I like to try new recipes from some of my cookbooks which I am finding I can freeze as well! So you have shown me a whole new way to organize my time and still put a healthy meal on the table. Thanks so much and I look forward to future blogs.