Mexican Tostada Salad

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Mexican Tostada Salad
Photography by Felix Wedgwood

This recipe makes 5 servings

Nutritional Info
Per serving: about	-
cal	376376 cal
pro	19 g19g pro
total fat	22 g22g total fat
sat. fat	5 g5g sat. fat
carb	29 g29g carb
fibre	10 g10g fibre
chol	12 mg12mg chol
sodium	788 mg788mg sodium
potassium	865 mg865mg potassium
% RDI:	-
calcium	1717 calcium
iron	3434 iron
vit A	1414 vit A
vit C	2525 vit C
folate	3737 folate

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cook time : 10 minutes
Total time : PT25M

Layered with taco-style ingredients, this colourful salad is bursting with fresh market vegetables. Sturdier lettuce, such as iceberg, romaine or leaf, is best here. No tostadas? Use handfuls of tortilla chips or broken taco shells. If desired, garnish with spoonfuls of sour cream or plain yogurt and lime wedges.

Ingredients

1/2 onion , diced1/2 1/2oniononions, diced
2 cloves garlic , minced2 2cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp chili powder 2 2tsp tspchili powder
1/2 tsp ground coriander 1/2 1/2tsp tspground coriander
1 pkg (340 g) precooked soy protein mixture , (such as Yves Veggie Ground Round)1 1pkg (340 g) pkg (340 g)precooked soy protein mixture, (such as Yves Veggie Ground Round)
3/4 cup tomato juice 3/4 3/4cup cuptomato juice
5 cups shredded lettuce 5 5cups cupsshredded lettuce
10 tostadas 10 10tostadas
1/2 cup salsa 1/2 1/2cup cupsalsa
1/2 cup shredded old Cheddar cheese 1/2 1/2cup cupshredded old cheddar cheese or Monterey jack cheese
1 avocado , peeled, pitted and chopped1 1avocadoavocados, peeled, pitted and chopped
2 plum tomatoes , chopped2 2plum tomatoplum tomatoes or vine ripened tomatoes, chopped
2 green onions , sliced2 2green oniongreen onions, sliced

Preparation

In skillet, heat oil over medium heat; fry onion and garlic, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes. Add chili powder and coriander; fry until onion is softened, about 2 minutes. Add soy protein mixture and tomato juice, breaking up soy mixture with spoon. Cook until very thick, about 5 minutes.

Place small handful lettuce on each of 5 plates or shallow bowls. Top each with 1 tostada, another handful of the remaining lettuce, 1/4 cup (60 mL) of the soy protein mixture, then some each of the salsa, cheese, avocado, tomatoes and green onions. Repeat layers once.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: September 2010