Mason Jar Taco Salad. I mean, when did we start putting a salad in a jar? Take just a few minutes to prep your own make-ahead mason jar salads for the entire week plus a killer clean honey mustard salad dressing! This taco salad, that fits snugly into four quart-sized, wide-mouth Mason jars, is ideal to make ahead and bring for lunch at work or to a picnic or barbecue.

If you are a taco salad fan, then you will love having these salads ready for lunches every day during the week! See my other mason jar salads here. The Mason jar is exactly what's needed to shake up your lunchtime or picnic routine. You can have Mason Jar Taco Salad using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mason Jar Taco Salad

It's 2-3 tbsp. of salad dressing of choice.
You need 1/4 cup of diced tomatoes.
Prepare 1/4 cup of diced onion.
Prepare 1/4 cup of corn kernels.
Prepare 1/2 cup of black beans, cooked and cooled or rinsed from a can.
You need 1/2 cup of ground beef, cooked and seasoned then cooled (Could also use half a grilled chicken breast, diced or for veggie, just increase black beans to 3/4 cup).
Prepare 2 tbsp. of shredded cheese (some good varieties for this salad are cheddar, colby jack or pepper jack).
You need 2-3 cups of leafy greens (for this I used a mix of romaine and spring mix).
Prepare 2 tbsp. of tortilla strips or crushed tortilla chips.
Prepare of Wide mouthed quart size mason jar with lid.

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Mason Jar Taco Salad step by step

This is a very simple meal to put together. You just layer all ingredients in the order listed..
Start by pouring the dressing into the bottom of the mason jar. For the sriracha ranch, simply whisk in some sriracha sauce into ranch dressing to taste. Then start with the sturdier ingredients that will be ok sitting in the dressing for a bit...the tomatoes and then the onions..
Next put in the corn followed by black beans. If making this a vegetarian taco salad, then skip to step 5..
Add the cooled ground beef into the jar, or if using diced chicken, add now..
Place in the cheese next..
Add in the leafy greens. Make sure to pack them in gently..
Lastly add the tortillas strips on top of the lettuce. Place lid on the mason jar and refrigerate until ready to eat..
Once ready to eat, just dump everything into a bowl and give a quick toss. You could eat straight from the jar, but I prefer to use a separate bowl..

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