Easy meal prep taco salad bowls can be topped with hot taco meat for a delicious dinner or stored in the fridge and served cold for easy lunches all week long.
PREP TIME 20 minutesminutes
COOK TIME 10 minutesminutes
TOTAL TIME 30 minutesminutes
YIELD 6servings
Ingredients
For the Taco Meat:
1poundground turkeyor ground beef or ground pork
1tablespoonolive oil
1/4cuptaco seasoningor 1 taco seasoning packet
1/2cupwater
For the Taco Salad Bowl:
3headsfresh romaine lettuce
1pintcherry tomatoes
3 - 4green onionschopped
1(10 oz) bag of frozen cornthawed
1cupshredded cheddar cheese
1cuptortilla strips salad toppersfrom the salad toppings section of the grocery store
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and ground meat. Cook the ground turkey until no longer pink, breaking it up with the back of your spoon as it browns.
Stir the taco seasoning into the meat and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds - 1 minute. Pour in the water and stir. Cook the taco meat for 2 minutes to let the water turn the taco seasonings into a sauce.
Prepare the Salad:
Wash and chop the romaine lettuce. Rinse and slice the tomatoes. Chop the green onions.
If serving immediately: Add all the salad ingredients to a large mixing bowl and toss them together.
If making salad meal kits: Store the salad ingredients separately in the fridge.
Assemble and Serve:
Fill individual salad bowls with the prepared vegetable mixture. Top with 1/2 cup taco meat. Drizzle with the salad dressing of your choice and enjoy immediately. The taco salads are delicious when the meat is fresh and hot from the skillet for dinner but is also delicious served cold the next day.
Meal Kit Tip: You can fill individual meal prep containers with the prepared salad mixture for a week of easy lunches. Just store the taco meat in a separate container so it doesn't wilt your salad greens in storage.