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
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Author: Alea
Recipe type: Salad
Serves: 6
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients:
- ¾ – 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
- 3 – 4 stalks of celery, chopped
- 5 –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:
- 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.
Notes
**To get twice as much juice from your lemons and limes microwave them for about 10 seconds before you juice them.
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 or do your prefer to stick to bottled?
This post has been linked to Hearth and Soul Hop and Kitchen Tip Tuesday.
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!
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!
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.
Crystal @ A Well-Feathered Nest says
This sounds great, and I think my husband would love it.
Melinda says
Ohh – this looks so fresh and cool! Perfect for these hot and steamy summer days!
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!
Jackie says
That dressing sounds wonderful!
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
Anonymous says
hi, new to the site, thanks.
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 !
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!
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
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.
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.
Alea Milham says
Minced jalapeno sounds like a delicious addition to the salad! Thanks for taking the time to share your idea with us.