Ahhh, I am currently obsessed with this refreshing beverage…
Lemon Croix with extra lemon. Amaze.
It’s time for another Mexican Meatless Monday. This time I’m enjoying this meal as lunch.
Yesterday’s taco salad inspired me to use up some ingredients that were about to turn to the dark side and create a salad of my own. 
I originally planned on making a wet burrito with my leftover beans and meatless crumbles, but the gorgeous warm weather has me craving another salad.
For an extra punch of protein I made a taco salad dressing with greek yogurt and salsa. I am not a fan of greek yogurt as sour cream, so I didn’t love this dressing. If you like sour cream then it’s probably good though (way to sell it, huh).
My taco salad is tragically missing guacamole. Unfortunately, the avocados we picked at my mom’s yesterday will not be ripe for a couple of days.
On the bed of lettuce and mushrooms: beans and meatless crumbles (warmed and mixed together) salsa, baked tostitos scoops, cheese and Cholula.
Lessert (lunch dessert) a chocolate calcium chew. I’m sad that I’m out of the dark chocolate disks now. The good thing about these chews is they’re a lot cheaper, you can get them at Costco or Trader Joe’s and it’s easier to NOT eat 5 at a time…
Tip: Have avocados you want to get ripe a little faster? Put them in a paper bag in a dark place.
hey girl! love the meatless monday..
do you know of any faux meats that don’t use soy? i love vegetarian “meats” but i can’t find many that don’t use soy and i can’t have it because it affects my thyroid medicine’s affectiveness!
Yes, Quorn products don’t have soy.
Your salad looks so delicious 🙂
Makes me want tacos or nachos 😉
I eat calcium chews only because they are chocolate. Sometimes I eat two, don’t tell anyone!
I pretty much always eat 2. Or four…
I just bought that meatless ground and was gonna use it for the same thing this week! or i thought of using it on a pizza!
and have you ever tried cucumbers in your water? it’s even better than lemon or limes!
Avocados from your Mom’s backyard! That would be heaven!!
I love Greek yogurt as sour cream–so I’m all over that dressing!
Meanwhile, I have 3 ripe avocados and cannot possibly or should not eat them before they all go bad. Too bad you’re not my neighbor. I would totally loan you one. The key word being “loan”. 🙂
I wish we could do that exchange!
I LOVE that you can pick avocados from your mom’s backyard. (Jealous.)
“…but the gorgeous warm weather has me craving another salad.” Seriously, Monica… I get it. 😉 haha
Ha! Guilty as charged!
What’s going on? I was going to call you today 🙂
I love putting chips in Mexican salads, although I usually end up with half the bag in there 🙂
I never knew that about avocados! Good to know.
i totally o.d.’d on those chocolate calcium chews!!! not that i ate a whole bunch of them at once – i just had them for like a year straight and cannot eat another one without thinking “MEDICINE”
I love sour cream and guac. I just can’t pick. Ok, so if forced I’d have to go with sour cream, because it’s smoother. Agh my darn texture preferences!
Yay!!! Just realized I’m celebrating Meatless Mexican Monday! (Totally giving you a shout out tonight!) and I also just realized I completely misplaced my avocados that I bought at the store yesterday. WTH, I have no idea where they went!?!?!
That’s too bad the avocadoes weren’t ripe! A salad without it is just incomplete. 🙁
I love nachos and recently made a sloppy lentil recipe (link found here http://inanenvelope.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/what-caught-my-eye-this-week-11/) that tastes a lot like chili, and I don’t miss the meat!
And avocados are a must!
I need to plant my own avocado tree.
I am so jealous of your avocados. I really need to buy some. We ran out last night. 🙁 They make my life worth living.
That taco salad looks really good. That’s the kind of thing I crave a lot. Mostly because I love sour cream and guacamole. 😉
Thank you for the tip. I have avocados I am watching very carefully because I want to eat them so much!!