Does your salad bowl need a little inspiration? If so, you are going to love this Santa Fe Chicken Salad. Nevermind the salad part… the dressing is out of this world!

If you made a resolution to eat healthier this year and want to make simple changes to your meals, adding a little variety to that plain iceberg salad wedge is a great start. Check out how easy this salad is to make in this quick video.

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While I like salads, I am head over heels for the stuff that builds a masterpiece over that bed of (boring) lettuce. To top it off, a good homemade salad dressing will rock my world in more dishes than one.

Sometimes, I make this salad as part of our monthly salad bar to get my kids used to eating more veggies, other times, I make a big batch and pre-pack it for the week. I love this salad so much, I take it to the office all the time!

I sometimes build this chicken salad out of extra oven roasted chicken or grilled chicken from Taco Tuesday or when I make burrito bowls. Grilling extra chicken ensures that I have the base I need to create another healthy meal option.

Since my kids love taco night, I first got them used to the delicious dressing for this salad drizzled over their tacos. Sometimes, they build their salads without the lettuce, and you know what, that’s ok too!

On to this yummy salad. This Santa Fe Chicken Salad is not just taking your chicken taco night ingredients and calling it “salad.” In my humble opinion, the dressing is what makes the salad feel like you are eating out at a restaurant.

The best part about this dressing, it is healthy, fresh and adds the right amount of spice for you to forget you are eating a salad.

I’ll be sharing more delicious salad options in the coming weeks. In the meantime, I hope your family enjoys this Santa Fe Chicken Salad as much as mine.

Do you have a favorite salad or salad dressing?

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