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Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

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Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

This week I will be sharing a salad recipe each evening. I don’t want you to think I have reformed and am going to get all healthy on you; this week of salads is one of necessity. All of my lettuce is getting ready to go to seed, as is my Swiss chard, so I am trying to use it all up before it goes bad. Which would you prefer, a salad recipe each night or a horrid food waste picture on Friday? That’s what I thought!

Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing Recipe

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients:

  • 1 pound steak, thinly sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped (I used ½ red and ½ yellow pepper)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, seeds removed and chopped
  • 12 cups mixed lettuces, torn
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1 carrot, julienned
  • 4 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 6 radishes, sliced
  • cheese (optional)

Honey Lime Dressing Ingredients:

  • ½ teaspoon mustard powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon onion, minced
  • juice of 2 limes ~ ¼ cup**
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro, no stems
  • ½ cup extra light olive oil
  • dash pepper

Directions

Salad Directions:

  1. Brown steak with pepper, garlic, and onions until meat is cook through and onions are translucent.
  2. Remove the steak mixture from heat and set aside while you make Honey Lime Dressing and prepare the vegetables (directions below).
  3. Mix greens with steak mixture.
  4. Sprinkle cheese on top if you wish and then coat with the dressing.

Dressing Directions:

  1. Place all the ingredients except for the oil in a food processor to combine. Slowly add in oil and process until creamy.
  2. Drizzle over salad.

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Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing Recipe
Course Lunch, Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Southwest Steak Salad with Honey Lime Dressing Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 398kcal
Author Alea Milham

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients:

  • 1 pound steak thinly sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper chopped (I used ½ red and ½ yellow pepper)
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 jalapeño pepper seeds removed and chopped
  • 12 cups mixed lettuces torn
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1 carrot julienned
  • 4 stalks of celery chopped
  • 6 radishes sliced
  • cheese optional

Honey Lime Dressing Ingredients:

  • ½ teaspoon mustard powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon onion minced
  • juice of 2 limes ~ ¼ cup**
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro no stems
  • ½ cup extra light olive oil
  • dash pepper

Instructions

Salad Directions:

  • Brown steak with pepper, garlic, and onions until meat is cook through and onions are translucent.
  • Remove the steak mixture from heat and set aside while you make Honey Lime Dressing and prepare the vegetables (directions below).
  • Mix greens with steak mixture.
  • Sprinkle cheese on top if you wish and then coat with the dressing.

Dressing Directions:

  • Place all the ingredients except for the oil in a food processor to combine. Slowly add in oil and process until creamy.
  • Drizzle over salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 398kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 734mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 3493IU | Vitamin C: 56mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 3mg

More Salad Recipes:

Asparagus and Pasta Salad
Quinoa and Avocado Salad

I have had fun experimenting with salad dressings. Do you like to make your own salad dressing or do your prefer to stick to bottled?

 

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. SallyJoJo says

    I used leftover roast beef to make this and it was great! Thanks for posting, loved the dressing, added some minced jalapeno to it.

    Reply

    • Alea Milham says

      Minced jalapeno sounds like a delicious addition to the salad! Thanks for taking the time to share your idea with us.

      Reply

  2. Niko says

    It would be usefull to say u need cheese in the ingredients to avoid last minute runs to the super but we’ll c I’m on my way there

    Reply

    • Alea says

      I am sorry for the inconvenience. I don’t think the cheese is necessary. There is only 1 – 2 tablespoons sprinkled on the pictures salad and several of my family members do not eat cheese at all.

      Reply

  3. April @ The 21st Century Housewife says

    I love the look and sound of your wonderful southwest steak salad. It's perfect for this time of year! Thank you for sharing it with the Hearth and Soul blog hop. The hollyhock dolls are adorable too.

    Re: salad dressing – I always prefer homemade because I know exactly what goes into it and I think it tastes better too. Here's a link to a post I did a while ago with some ideas
    http://www.21stcenturyhousewife.com/index/Blog/Entries/2011/2/2_Homemade_Salad_Dressings.html

    Hope you are having a good week!

    Reply

  4. kankana says

    I like salad and don't mind eating every single day .. but the husband is not a big fan! Well, I am looking forward to this week 🙂 Thanks a lot for sharing this with hearth and soul hop !

    Reply

  6. SocialStudiesSoubrette says

    First off let me say I love the name of your blog ;D I am following you from Tasty Tuesday. I love homemade dressing but I've never thought to make it myself. One thing I really like on salad is chili, very tasty! Thanks for sharing your recipe I bet my picky hubs would actually eat this. Come on over to my blog and check out how my ingredients are growing.

    http://socialstudiesmomma.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-tuesday-vegetable-garden.html

    Reply

  8. Laura says

    Even with eating salad almost every day and giving away as much lettuce as we can, we will not be able to get rid of it all this year. We have had an *incredible* yield this year (same with our kale), but unfortunately I think a lot of both is going to end up in the compost.

    This salad would be a great way to use a small steak I've got in the freezer!

    Reply

  11. Phoebe @ Cents to Get Debt Free says

    We absolutely love homemade dressings, but for some reason I rarely make them. Your Honey Lime dressing sounds fantastic.

    Reply

  12. Johnlyn ~ Frugality and Homemaking says

    I was just telling my husband that we need to BBQ some steak from the 1/4 of a cow that we bought. This sounds awesome.

    The only true homemade dressing I make is by mixing mustard, honey and olive oil. I'm the only one that eats it though. I make a semi homemade ranch dressing though.

    Thanks for posting!

    Reply

  13. Melissa says

    That salad looks wonderful. And the cupcake … so cute!

    I haven't experimented with making salad dressing, other than the blue cheese dip that I once posted. Everyone in my family likes a different kind of dressing, so it's easier to use the bottled ones!

    Reply

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Welcome. I'm Alea!

On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.