If you can’t tell, I’ve been in jar salad mode for a while now. For me, it’s super easy to accidentally skip out on lunch, so having prepared jarred salads ready to go in my fridge means that I don’t have any excuse to miss out on a meal! These Taco Jar Salad are another great option too. You get a lot of bang for your buck here since there technically isn’t any salad dressing. We’re using salsa here!

The salsa naturally gives the salad a dressing of it’s own that is low in calories and in guilt. Which means you get to load this salad up with all the more taco goodness. We’re talking beans, corn, cheese, tomatoes. All of it! Even the meat and cheese.

For today I went with an extra lean ground beef, but vegetarian meat or ground turkey works too! It’s whatever you want here. I also healthified this by using my own homemade taco seasoning which is pretty on point if I do say so myself. And I do say so. Other than that, there really isn’t much else to do here to lighten this salad up.

A fat free cheese is always nice. And of course I always opt for salt-free or reduced sodium canned products when I can. I don’t need anyone else telling me how much salt my food needs. I can do that for myself, thanks!

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