Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2012

I always add Catalina along with a little Thousand Island but the rest is whatever I have on hand. There are so many different combinations of ingredients you can use for this salad!

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Sammy

Reviewed: May 6, 2012

I chose this recipe because I had some Fat Free Catalina dressing to get rid of. I went with the Taco Doritos as other suggested but I changed the rest up by adding some corn, black beans and cilantro. I thought the dressing would be too sweet but it wasn't. I still like my version of Ranch Dressing and Salsa mixed together much better. But I do like the idea of using the Fat Free Catalina and saving a ton of calories. 1/4 cup is way too small amount of dressing. More like 1 cup. And the suggested amount of chips are pretty whimpy too.

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CRAZY4SUSHI

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

Really good and easy. Used Western dressing as suggested.

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CarolJ

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Surprise, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2011

This is one of our staple recipes. The kids ask for it weekly and I have been making it for more then 5 years. Love it.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2011

This was simple to fix and great for a hot summer's evening meal. I cooked the onion and green pepper in with the beef and used Catalina french dressing and a dab of sour cream too. I didn't have any tomato so I tossed in some salsa. We didn't let this sit until the next day, we voted to eat it right away. Thanks, this was great.

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~TxCin~ILove2Ck

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Living In: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2011

I made this for the first time this past weekend and couldn't get enough of it! I omitted the dressing because I'm not a dressing fan & was trying to keep it as low cal as possible and I put the crushed chips in a bowl on the side because I like my chips crunchy. Oh my gosh, it was the best salad I've eaten in a long time if I do say so myself! Other taco salad eaters said it was fine without the dressing and liked the crunchy chips too! Yummy! Definately worth making!

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MNfarmerswife

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 10, 2011

This is a keeper. My daughter loved this salad and always asks for it. Very refreshing even without the meat. I usually use a southwestern spicy dressing in lieu of the french dressing.

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CPIERCE242

Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2010

I was going to submit my own recipe, but this one is so close. I like to use red pepper and green onions instead of green pepper and 'regular' onion. I also like to add about a 1/2 cup of Cottage Cheese and make my own salad dressing using 1/2 salsa and 1/2 sour cream. Definitely add chips last, like everybody else says. The best part of this recipe is how versatile - change it up, make it yours!

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slaffinator

Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2010

I made this but with chicken instead and it was really good. I cut up two chicken breasts (for 4 servings of salad). and put in a baggie, poured taco seasoning over it and let the meat marinade in it for 2 hours. I then sauteed chicken in skillet and mixed meat mixture with the rest of the ingredients except for tortilla chips and french dressing. Chilled for about 2 hours and then right before serving added tortilla chips and french dressing and tossed. My family loved it.

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Trash Cooker

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 10, 2010

This Taco Salad is GREAT! I have a friend that was known for her taco salad and she told me the secret was catalina salad dressing so I came looking for a recipe. I know the salad dressing sounds really weird, but trust me it's awesome! I gave this only 4 stars because I changed it just a bit by using catalina french dressing instead of regular french and instead of the tortilla chips I've used fritos and also cool ranch doritos. I liked the Fritos best because it gave it a nice corn flavor, more like a taco shell. Regular tortilla chips are just too mild of a flavor for a taco salad in my opinion. I also like to add black beans and sometimes corn into the mix too!

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