Mega Mexican Salad

This is the look of an extremely happy dog:

I had a killer workout yesterday and was feeling all kinds of sore today, so I decided to do low impact exercise & let my body recover a bit. After some days of raininess and cooler weather, it was gorgeous out today, so I figured I’d take advantage of it and head to the park with Harley. It was our first time going for a hike in almost 3 weeks, and she was psyched about it. Following our outdoorsy time, I did some stretching + yoga at home.

This evening for dinner I put together an awesome salad that turned out to be massive and filling. Between this salad (which I actually was too full to finish) and my other eats today, I consumed a good 10 servings of fruits & veggies. Whoa, go me!

Mexican Salad

Serves 1 hungry person

• About 2 cups of lettuce (I used chopped romaine)
• 1/2 cup black beans (Eden organic)
• 2/3 cup fire roasted corn (TJ’s frozen)
• 1/2 vine ripe tomato, chopped
• 1 serving of Mexican shredded cheese (Weight Watchers)

For the dressing:

• 1/2 avocado (2 oz)
• 2 TBSP light sour cream (Daisy’s)
• 3 TBSP salsa
• A bit of lemon juice, I used about 1/4 lemon

Warm up the beans and corn in the microwave, then combine with the other salad ingredients.

Mash the avocado, then put in a bowl. Add the other dressing ingredients and combine well, then pour onto salad.

Nutrition stats: 480 calories, 21 g fat, 22 g protein, 55 g carbs

I’ll leave you with the awesome ending quote from the movie I just finished watching, Love & Other Drugs: “Sometimes the thing you most want doesn’t happen, and sometimes the thing you never expect to happen does… I don’t know, you meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed forever.” Oh how true that is!