Salad recipes

Fiesta shrimp dip with cream cheese, Thousand Island dressing, picante sauce, and horseradish. A 10-minute party dip with sweet-tangy-spicy flavors and chunks of shrimp throughout.

Layered beef nacho casserole with seasoned ground beef, chunky salsa, corn, crushed tortilla chips, and melted Colby-Jack cheese. Feeds 8 and takes just 30 minutes from skillet to table.

Authentic South Texas skirt steak fajitas marinated in beer, lime juice, chili powder, cumin, and jalapenos for 6 to 8 hours. Grilled over mesquite for real Tex-Mex flavor.

Reuben roller sandwich made with soft Armenian cracker bread spread with cream cheese, corned beef, pastrami, Swiss, sauerkraut, and Thousand Island, rolled jelly-roll style and sliced into pinwheels.

Fajitas-on-a-stick turn beef fajitas into grilled skewers: sirloin marinated in Italian dressing and lime, woven onto sticks and grilled with peppers and onion, then tucked into tortillas with all the fixings. A fun cookout twist.

A spicy and delicious soup made from red kidney beans, ground beef and whole kernel corn.

Low-fat Mexican casserole layered with corn tortillas, mashed tofu, green chiles, salsa, tomatoes, and a tangy yogurt topping. Vegan-friendly with a bean swap and naturally dairy-light.

Ranch-style fajitas with flank steak marinated overnight in ranch dressing mix, lime juice, and cumin. Grilled, sliced thin, and rolled in warm flour tortillas.

Chunky cold gazpacho with black beans, ham, fresh tomatoes, cucumber, and spicy vegetable juice. Hearty chilled Mexican soup perfect for summer meals and meal prep.

Mexican bean soup with ground beef, three kinds of beans, corn, tomatoes, taco seasoning, and ranch dressing mix. A dump-and-simmer weeknight soup ready in 40 minutes.

Loaded beef tacos with a twist: lean ground beef, green chiles, and garlic topped with Italian dressing-marinated tomatoes and mozzarella. A lighter, flavor-forward taco in 30 minutes.

Seared tuna on leaf lettuce: quickly seared tuna over dressed greens with a warm pineapple-ginger-jalapeño salsa, finished with sizzled scallions in smoking olive oil. A restaurant-caliber composed salad for summer entertaining.

One of my favorite Mexican dishes, so many delicious flavors and great textures.

Seared chicken breast with Mexican ancho mole-orange sauce served alongside okra rice with wild rice, almonds, and cilantro-yogurt finish. Layered weeknight dinner.

Very easy to put together. Tastes delicious and it's also nutritious enough to start up your day.

Mexican deviled eggs spiced with cumin, jalapeno, capers, and ground red chiles, topped with fresh cilantro. A Southwestern twist on classic deviled eggs ready in 15 minutes.