comment icon 46 more comments Friends, meet my Cheater’s Power Salad. First, let me give you the perks of dis lil power salad.
Kale.Cilantro.Green onion.Cabbage.Shredded chicken (or your choice of protein).Black beans.Avocado.Tortilla strips and crispy onions.BBQ ranch dressing.
UM, YAH. Are you all over this or what? Because I AM ALL OVER THIS. I’ve been having this salad for lunch, like, all of the days of the week. I tell everyone about it. I love talking to people about what they eat in real life, and spoiler: 99% of the time, what people tell me they eat in real life is so simple – grilled chicken, pastas, five ingredient recipes, crockpot soups, tacos and burritos and fried eggs and roasted veggies – that it always brings me back down from the world of glamourous-nutso-instagrammers who are trying to tell us that cordyceps are (or is? is it plural?) normal, and doesn’t everyone have that in their pantry? fridge? what do you even keep cordyceps in? don’t even get me started on ashwagandha. You know I am passionate about good food, but I am BIG TIME PASSIONATE about good food that people (including myself) will actually make and eat. So hi, Cheater’s Power Salad! Hello. Get right up in there. Okay. Now that we’ve established the deliciousness of this crunchy, nutritious, totally versatile power salad, let me give you the other perks.
Affordable.Easy to shop for.Easy to make throughout the week.Zero prep time. Or maybe, like, five minutes. YOU CAN DO THIS.No leftover salad ingredients hanging out in your fridge for six months afterwards. I’m looking at you, half-used head of red cabbage.
THANK YOU SALAD MIX. What is my life. But salad mix has a few buddies that are very necessary for taking this salad to the blog-worthy level. Just let a simple can of black beans, and a fresh, buttery avocado do their thing, okay? It’s not a huge party. We don’t have to get complicated here. And like that, a star is born. A kale, cabbage, cilantro, green onion, black bean, avocado, chicken if you want (or maybe some quinoa), tortilla strip, crispy onion, BBQ ranch, full-blown STAR. God bless the simple power lunches of this world. 4.9 from 17 reviews Chicken can be hot or cold – I’ve enjoyed it both ways in this salad! You can easily sub a different protein if you’re not into chicken. Nuts, sofritas tofu, or even just some cooked quinoa would be equally as delicious. I don’t recommend making this all at once for one person – I just cook all of the chicken, keep it in the fridge, and then assemble salads throughout the week as I’m ready to eat them.
