Black Bean Quinoa Taco Salad

Chili-lime quinoa and black beans over crunchy romaine with corn, avocado, and cumin-lime crema.

💪 Where's the protein? Right here — 23g

Black beans (12g)
Quinoa (8g)
Cashew crema (3g)

🍃 Sugar-Free Option

No added sweeteners in this recipe — it's sugar-free as written. Any sugars in the nutrition panel come from whole vegetables, grains, and fruit only.

Ingredients (all organic)

✓ Black beans, 1 cup
✓ Cooked quinoa, 3/4 cup
✓ Romaine, 2 cups
✓ Corn, 1/2 cup
✓ Avocado, 1/2
✓ Cherry tomatoes, 1/2 cup
✓ Cashews, 1/4 cup, soaked
✓ Lime, 1
✓ Chili powder + cumin, 1 tsp each
✓ Tortilla chips, small handful, crushed

How to Prep

1Warm beans and quinoa with chili powder and cumin.
2Blend cashews, lime, and water into crema.
3Layer romaine, quinoa-bean mix, corn, tomatoes, avocado.
4Drizzle crema, crush chips over the top.

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📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

Every ingredient above is stocked organic at these local spots:

Whole Foods Market — Lakeview
Fresh Thyme Market — Bucktown
Pete's Fresh Market — Bridgeport
Mariano's — Throughout Chicagoland
Dill Pickle Food Co-op — Logan Square
Sugar Beet Food Co-op — Oak Park

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21g protein

Black Bean Quinoa Taco Salad

Ingredients (all organic)

How to Prep

📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

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