Tex-mex Turkey & Black Bean Ranch Salad

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 3/4 lb ground turkey
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups mixed salad greens
• 7 1/2 ounces cans black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 medium summer squash, raw,in 1/4 " dice
• 1 medium tomato, seeded and diced
• 2 small green onions, and part of green,minced
• 4 ounces monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 5 teaspoons honey
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, saute onion and garlic in the olive oil until lightly browned.
• 2 add turkey and brown slightly; then add unsweetened cocoa powder, chili powder, oregano, cumin and salt.
• 3 cook together, stirring often, until turkey is well-browned and thoroughly cooked.
• 4 in the meantime, whisk together the dressing ingredients: buttermilk, mayonnaise, honey, chili powder, garlic salt, salt and hot sauce.
• 5 to assemble salad, divide mixed salad greens on two dinner plates.
• 6 compose salads with half each of the warm tex-mex turkey, black beans, yellow summer squash, tomato and green onion.
• 7 drizzle each salad with the honey-buttermilk ranch dressing and top with shredded monterey jack cheese.