Salad Days – Aunt Nancy’s Taco Salad
Many years ago my darling cousin, Nancy Joy, served my son, Trevor, and I a wonderful taco salad.
To this day, Trevor and I take great pride in making and serving this taco salad – and love eating it too!
2 lbs ground beef, sautéed
1 lb sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1 can black olives
2 cups salsa (mild, medium or picante, depending on your taste)
1-1/2 heads of iceberg lettuce
3 handfuls of tortilla chips
4 avocados, peeled and chopped (medium sized pieces)
Wish Bone French dressing (to taste but at least half a bottle) OR try our homemade French Dressing
Salt and pepper to taste
Break up the iceberg lettuce and place in salad bowl
Then put the olives, avocados and salsa on top
Put cheese on top of that, spreading it out over the whole surface
Next, put the hot sautéed ground beef over the cheese, thereby melting the cheese
Let sit for two minutes
Add French dressing and toss
Just before serving, add the tortilla chips and toss once more.
And there you have it – a wonderful, scrumptious, taco salad!
Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
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Sounds great….we will try…..thanks cousins Nancy and Jackie! Pam
You are so welcome! It is really yummy!
Fun to see Jackie in her kitchen too! John and I will enjoy this taco salad tonight. Hugs, Jen
Oh, great! We are sure you will love it.
This cracks me up!!! Love seeing you cooking Taco Salad… Great memories of you, Trevor and Taco Salad.
Thanks again, my darling cousin, Nancy!
OMG this salad looks so delicious I can’t wait to try it!
We feel sure you will love it, Ash!
I believe Nancy Joy got the recipe from me :-). We had this most Saturday nights at my house when I was in hight school in the early 70’s! It’s WAY better with the homemade French dressing! Enjoy, y’all!
Dear Linda – So, so good to hear from you! Yes, I think I knew that, many years ago, but its name, in our household, became “Aunt Nancy’s taco salad”! Thanks so much for sharing it with her. It has been “passed down and along” with love! Trust all is well with you and yours.
Yum! My taco salad is very similar. I chop some fresh tomatoes in instead of salsa and use a mild taco sauce for dressing. I’ll have to try it your way.