Chopped Mexican Salad with Lime

This fresh chopped salad is full of color! A citrus marinade drizzled over the vegetables brings them to life. Serve this salad as a lovely side dish or as an entree.
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- Prep time
- 15 min
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- Servings
- 8 Servings
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- Serving size
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1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
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lime juice
- 1/2 cup
- 1/2 cup
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olive oil
- 1/4 cup
- 1/4 cup
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crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp
- 1 tsp
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garlic (minced)
- 3 clove
- 3 clove
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honey
- 1 1/2 tbsp
- 1 1/2 tbsp
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romaine lettuce (chopped)
- 6 cup
- 6 cup
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black beans (rinsed and drained)
- 15 oz
- 425 g
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jicama (peeled and chopped)
- 1 cup
- 1 cup
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corn (drained and rinsed)
- 1 (15-oz) can
- 1 (15-oz) can
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red bell pepper (cored, seeded, and diced)
- 1
- 1
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ripe avocados (peeled and diced)
- 2
- 2
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reduced fat monterey jack cheese
- 1/2 cup
- 1/2 cup
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Directions
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To make the dressing, in a small bowl whisk together lime juice, olive oil, crushed red pepper flakes, garlic, and honey. Dressing is best served at room temperature.
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Spread lettuce evenly across a large serving platter. Arrange beans, jicama, corn, bell pepper, and avocados side by side on top of lettuce. Garnish with cheese. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, for at least 1 hour. Drizzle with dressing before serving.
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Plan to make this salad and take with me to a church meeting this coming Saturday. I am a member of the AME Church Community and many of our members are obese, including myself. In our Church community we talk about living healthier live styles, but when we feed ourselves it is far from healthy. Earlier in a publication I was reading it stated that obesity is a disease and the side effects of that disease is developing Diabetes, H.P. , Stroke, Colon Cancer, Thyroid Problems, Alzheimers, Adrenal Insufficiency and the list goes on and on . Unfortunately. Never thought of it that way. Not to mention depression. As the statement on the prior page stated I want to "Live Young At Heart Longer."