Name: Everyday Mexican Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 5 ounces mixed spring greens (or whatever greens you prefer); 1 ripe avocado (peeled pitted and sliced); half a small red onion (peeled and thinly sliced); 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes; 2/3 cup roughly-chopped fresh cilantro; 1/3 cup pepitas; optional: 1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco or cotija cheese; 3 tablespoons avocado oil or olive oil; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (or red wine vinegar); 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon freshly-cracked black pepper; 1 small clove garlic (pressed or minced (or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder))

This delicious Everyday Mexican Salad recipe is quick and easy to make, totally customizable with your favorite ingredients, and it can work perfectly as a side salad or main dish!  See notes above for possible ingredient variations.

Everyday Mexican Salad

spring greens

avocado (peeled pitted and sliced)

half a small red onion

cherry tomatoes

roughly-chopped fresh cilantro

pepitas

queso fresco or cotija cheese

avocado oil or olive oil

lime juice (or red wine vinegar)

fine sea salt

cumin

freshly-cracked black pepper

garlic (pressed garlic

To Make The Dressing: 

Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl (or shake together in a mason jar) until combined.  Use immediately or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 3 days.

To Make The Salad: 

Combine all ingredients in a large salad bowl, drizzle evenly with the salad dressing, and toss until evenly combined.  Serve immediately and enjoy!

I needed to bring a "Mexican salad" to a potluck and found this one online. Yum! I substituted toasted sunflower seeds for the pipits and chopped green onions for the red (my husband can't eat ed onions. I left out the cilantro (which tastes like soap to me) and added chopped cucumber, some cooked pinto beans and shredded cheddar. It was delicious! I especially liked the dressing (which I did not alter at all) - fresh and different from my other dressings.

This is now our go to salad. It has something for everyone. Delicious. We include the cheese when we have it on hand - great addition.

Outstanding salad dressing.  Definitely will be a staple in my house.

I just made this tonight to go with white chili (Mexican style) and it was the perfect complement - I especially like the addition of cumin.

I made a few tweaks to this recipe. 
I added canned black bean, canned corn and tortilla strips to this salad. 
I was most impressed with the flavor from the salad dressing!
It was mm mm good.

I found it a bit heavy on the cumin for my taste. It can be quite a strong flavour. I would cut the amount in half.
After tasting the dressing as shown in the recipe, I made some adjustments to better reflect my personal tastes, so I added a teaspoon each of honey and Dijon mustard. FYI, Dijon is an excellent emulsifier for vinaigrette’s.

I made a huge dinner size salad with this dressing and also found it a bit heavy on the cumin.  The dressing is good and light but I would cut it back for sure next time.  It was fine for a side salad but I had a hard time finishing a larger salad because the cumin was so strong.  I also thought about maybe adding in some oregano for some of the cumin.  It is definitely worth tinkering with and all the other suggestions were great as far as a Mexican salad.

Love, love, LOVE this salad dressing!  The only thing I did different was squeeze the juice of 1 lemon over the salad mixing and let sit for 10 min or so before adding the dressing.  Fantastic.!

Wow! This salad was incredible! I made it exactly as written, using queso fresco, lime juice, and crushed garlic. I’d give it 10 stars if I could! Thank you for a great recipe!

Love this! I add Queso Fresco- could eat it everyday for sure!

I made this salad yesterday and my husband thoroughly enjoyed it!! Thank you so muck for sharing?

I made this salad with the chicken enchiladas and the dinner was a hit - esp. the salad. Even the pickiest eaters loved the dressing and there wasn't anything leftover.  I didn't have queso fresco at the time I made it but I'm sure it would be a delicious addition.

Delicious!! Whipped this up as a side today and my husband and I gobbled it up! The dressing is fantastic and so easy! Will become a new summer staple. Thanks for such a great recipe!

Your salads are delicious…every single one of them! I served this one with some homemade enchiladas, and it was the star of the meal! The cilantro added such freshness. I never thought about adding it to a tossed salad. Both versions of dressing were good. I went with the avocado/lime juice combination. This one will be on repeat in my home.

Best salad dressing ever!  I use avocado oil.

This salad is fantastic! I make it all the time because it goes with everything and I almost always have all the ingredients on hand.  I like the cilantro but if you don't care for it the salad is still delicious without it.

Made this to go with my Mexican Lasagne, it was a huge hit, the dressing is the best. I did add some feta cheese and some salted sunflower seeds ...... delish !!

Everyday Mexican Salad

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Ali

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