This is a quick and easy salad to toss together for a weeknight meal that everyone in the family can enjoy! Yes, even the little ones. All in all I would say that the meal takes just at 30 minutes to prepare and cook in it's entirety. That's it!

Taco salad is one of those great ways to enjoy all the flavors of a taco without quite so much guilt as you would have if you scarfed down 3-4 regular tacos - shell and all. I've kept this recipe light and yet still very filling and satisfying.

I thought it was pretty important to still have at least one taco shell involved. After all... what's a taco without a shell? Weird.

If you don't want a 'taco shell' bowl, don't have time for one, or just don't want to heat up your kitchen, you can always toss in a few whole grain chips and call it even.

Originally I had planned on using a salad dressing, but I just didn't find it to be needed. The sour cream and the salsa were just about all the dressing that this salad needed. And that coming from me is a big deal since I'm usually pretty heavy handed when it comes to salad dressing!

I a mix of cherry tomatoes and kumatoes, though regular red grape tomatoes will be just as amazing!

What can I say? I'm just always on the look out for new and exciting things in the produce department to surprise, delight, and inspire.

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Nutritional Claims: Egg Free • Peanut Free • Tree Nut Free • Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • No Sugar Added • Sulphite Free