Taco Salad With Cumin Dressing

Title: TACO SALAD WITH CUMIN DRESSING

Categories: Diabetic, Salads, Poultry, Cheese

Yield: 8 servings

8 Tortillas;

2 tb Parmesan cheese; grated

8 c Romaine lettuce;

1/2 ts Salt

4 tb Red wine vinegar;

1/4 ts Black pepper

1/4 ts Garlic powder

4 ts Lemon juice

1 ts Powdered mustard

1 ts Ground cumin

1/2 c Water

4 tb Vegetable oil

4 c Turkey; chopped cooked

1 ts Cumin seeds

6 lg Ripe tomatoes; chopped

2 c Cheddar cheese; grated

Toast the tortillas on a baking sheet in a 400 F oven

for about 10 min. While hot, sprinkle on the Parmesan

cheese. Cool and break into bite-size pieces.

Chop the lettuce and arrange it in the bottom of a

salad bowl. Make the cumin dressing by combining the

salt, vinegar, pepper, garlic powder, lemon juice,

mustard, cumin, water and oil in a bowl or jar. Heat

the turkey in a skillet with the cumin seeds.

Sprinkle chunks of turkey over the lettuce. Add the

tomato pieces and cheese. Pour on the cumin dressing

and top with tortilla chips.

recipe - 411

2 fat exchanges

20 grams carbohydrate,

23 grams fat

870 mg sodium,

617 mg

potassium, 88 mg cholesterol

Source: Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty

Wedman 1986 Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier,

Nov 93. --