Salads & sides

7-Layer Mexican Salad

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kraft

Hearty south-of-the-border ingredients, including savory beans and salsa, join with fresh spinach, tomato and green onion for 7 layers of crowd-pleasing salad.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

3 hr 15 min

servings

total:

2 servings

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What You Need

1-1/2

cups torn fresh spinach

small tomato, seeded, chopped

green onions, chopped

Tbsp. sliced black olives

1/2

cup rinsed canned kidney beans

1/2

cup KRAFT Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Tbsp. KRAFT Lite Ranch Dressing

Tbsp. TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Salsa

Make It

LAYER first 6 ingredients in serving bowl.

DRIZZLE with dressing and salsa.

REFRIGERATE several hours or until chilled.

TACO BELL® and HOME ORIGINALS® are trademarks owned and licensed by Taco Bell Corp.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Special Extra

This salad makes a great filling for wrap sandwiches. Top each flour tortilla with 1/4 cup salad, then roll up.

Special Extra

Garnish with chopped cilantro.

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sandraelaine01

posted:3/22/2012

Very easy and so good even my picky eater wanted seconds!

marolynrogers

posted:1/28/2010

This recipe is really out of this world. Thanks for the recipe.

mrs_white

posted:5/19/2009

Yum! What a refreshing and filling salad. I served this for dinner with Chips and Salsa. Wonderful, light, low calorie and satisfying!

jody1011

posted:11/6/2008

I have made this twice for gatherings and always get great comments.

a cook

posted:8/7/2008

This was a huge hit at my party and with my family...many people asked for the recipe. Some changes I made...I added advacado and corn...used red onion instead of green...sour cream instead of ranch...and left off olives... I plan on making this many more times!!

sonifer

posted:4/10/2008

I added some corn for a crunchy texture in between and it was awesome...now I am always asked to bring "my salad" to every family event!!

jslinton

posted:1/21/2008

My husband w/ Celiac Disease (no flour, oats, wheat or barley) LOVES this! It's great for pitch-ins...a nice alternative to your typical 7-layer salad.

a cook

posted:9/17/2007

This is delicious, however, I would use a sweet or mild onion next time. The red onion over powered the other ingredients. Maybe I'll try rinsing the onion after I chop it next time.

Bonnyrabbit

posted:8/28/2007

Great! My slight adjustments: I mixed sour cream with the salsa (instead of using ranch) for a layer under the cheese instead of on top. Also omitted onions for my tastes, and included a blackbean/corn mixture I had leftover from yesterday's dinner; I'm sure if you followed this exactly it would taste just as good as mine.

roxiesgarden

posted:1/8/2006

The beans helped fill you. Very good and refreshing.