Beefy Frito Taco Salad

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to make one meal into two different meals? This recipe for Beefy Frito Taco Salad uses the leftovers from Slow Cooker Beefy Taco Soup to make a delicious new meal!

I just love a good Taco Salad don’t you?

So when I had some leftovers from my Slow Cooker Beefy Taco Soup (that I altered from a great recipe in  Gooseberry Patch’s Everyday Simple Suppers by using the Veggie Blend-Ins), I decided to throw together a salad for a different meal later that week. The soup was beefy and thick, so it did very well in a salad. You could substitute a taco chili or taco meat for this recipe very easily.

I loved that it was a way to “disguise” leftovers as a completely new meal. Puddie and Miss Add tend to not always be the biggest fans of leftovers. I think the variety food blogging has brought into their lives tends to spoil them a bit ;). So when I can stretch one meal into two and not get called out for left-over night I call that a win!

Beefy Frito Taco Salad

Then I had to make the hard choice that ever taco salad maker must make… Fritos or Doritos. It was a tough choice, but someone had to make it.

Well, on this day I clearly chose Fritos as my chip of choice and truth be told, they were the perfect compliment to the taco soup leftovers.

I simply spooned the thick soup over a bed of lettuce, added my Fritos, a little cheese and some sour cream and a new meal was born!

You could add some corn, tomatoes, avocado, guac or whatever you have on hand to dress this up even further.

How about you, do you ever dress up leftovers for your picky crew?

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