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Home » Recipes » Paleo » Grain-Free Fajita Salad {paleo}

Grain-Free Fajita Salad {paleo}

Published: Jul 25, 2019 · Modified: Mar 1, 2021 by Julie Rosenthal · Leave a Comment

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Grain-Free Fajita Salad - Flavorful, spicy, tangy, and sweet with just the right amount of lemon and ground turmeric.  Paired with sweet sauteed onions makes this fajita salad, a salad to remember.  Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Paleo, and Nut-free too!

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Grain-Free and Gluten-Free Turmeric Fajita Salad is something I never planned on posting.  After all, I just threw a bunch of ingredients into a bowl.  Half of the ingredients were my own, while half were leftovers from a restaurant.  But I realize these are the kinds of meals we need the most help with.  Realizing that leftovers can be beautiful meals.  Here's how to do it...

Let's say you order a salad from a restaurant.  You'll then take that salad and add a bunch of other stuff you've made to it making it a complete entree salad of your desire with all the nutrient fixings!

INGREDIENTS FROM THE RESTAURANT

  • Mesclun salad
  • Grilled chicken
  • Raw onions
  • Balsamic vinegar

HOME INGREDIENTS

  • Grape tomatoes
  • Ripe avocado slices
  • Turmeric
  • Sea Salt
  • Fresh lemon juice
  • Siete Cassava Flour Tortillas

 

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HOW TO MAKE AN EASY GRAIN-FREE FAJITA SALAD

  • When you are dining out make sure to have a bag on hand of extra superfoods, nuts, seeds, and dried fruit to add to your salads
  • Dining at home?  Order a salad, and then add all the salad toppings you want to use are at your disposal
  • Always add ripe avocado
  • Make sure whatever you order has no dressing or sauces.  Get it dry
  • Then create your own fajita salad dressing with the simplest of ingredients like olive oil and lemon, salt and pepper, apple cider vinegar and oil, balsamic vinegar, and oil
  • And for a thicker dressing mash avocado with lime juice and coconut yogurt
  • Serve it with 2 Siete cassava flour soft tortillas
  • Have a protein ready such as chicken, steak, tofu, shrimp, etc - If you don't feel like making the protein order that from the take-out restaurant
  • Either prepare your greens at home or get them from a restaurant and assemble your meal rather than creating the entire meal
  • CHOP your greens.  Grab the chopper here.

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THE PART YOU HAVE TO COOK

  • On medium heat in a saucepan add olive oil and your choice of cooked shredded protein.  I used grilled chicken
  • Add fresh lemon juice and the sliced red onions and sautee with the protein
  • All at once you'll add the turmeric (up to ¾ tablespoon) and blend it into the lime juice
  • Plus a few dashes of sea salt

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This is the fajita salad tastes like the way I used to remember it, only with better for you ingredients.  Grain-free does not have to be hard.

OTHER LUNCH RECIPES

  • Clean Chicken Salad
  • Crunchy Cabbage Cilantro Salad Jars
  • Superfood Avocado Salad Toast

 

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READY TO GATHER YOUR INGREDIENTS?

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Print Recipe

Grain-Free Fajita Salad

Grain-free, Spicy, just the right amount of lemon tangy turmeric, and sweet grilled onions, making this salad a fajita to remember!  And a great way to introduce salads or more greens into your life.  Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Paleo and Nut-free too!
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time25 mins
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: American, healthy, Mexican
Keyword: fajita, grain-free, spicy, turmeric
Servings: 1 people
Author: Julie Rosenthal

Equipment

  • saute pan

Ingredients

  • 1 large/entree salad from the diner that includes grape tomatoes, mesclun greens, sliced raw red onions and grilled chicken salad from the diner
  • ½ whole avocado ripe
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 2-3 teaspoon olive oil extra virgin
  • ¾ tablespoon turmeric ground, organic
  • 1 whole lemon squeezed
  • 2 teaspoon pink salt Himalayan
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper to taste, add more if needed
  • 2 whole Cassava flour tortillas cooked

Instructions

  • Heat the saute pan with cooking spray and some avocado or olive oil on medium-high heat.
  • Shred the already cooked chicken and add it to the saute pan. Also, add the red onions to the saute pan.
  • Drop in the balsamic vinegar into the pan (stand away it may splash onto your clothes)
  • Combine the chicken, the onions and all seasonings and blend together until well mixed. Then set aside and turn off the heat.
  • Chop greens and tomatoes with a large knife or a salad chopper and put into a large bowl.
  • In a separate bowl add the chicken and onion mixture and mix in the avocado until you have a chicken salad consistency. You can use your hands.
  • Add to salad, serve immediately and enjoy! And don't forget your Cassava flour tortillas!

Notes

I love Cassava flour Tortillas by Siete because they are so clean and certified gluten-free.  You can find them at whole foods, amazon, Thrive market and more.  If you cannot have Cassava flour be sure to check out their other ones, they have almond flour tortillas, chickpea flour tortillas, coconut flour and cashew flour tortillas.

Health and goodness,

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