As usual, when I think of a salad, I don’t think of rabbit food. Rabbit food? Example: 4 small, poor looking lettuce leaves with 2 strands of grated carrot and a tear in my eye because I can’t do it. I think of salad as a meal. Or rather, I transfer them into a meal. I had some leftovers from the Crispy Slow Cooker Carnitas over the weekend….and a salad is all I could think of. It could be because I’m melting in the Melbourne heat-wave right now. Or maybe it was time for a beast of a salad to be posted on Cafe Delites. It’s been a while. We’ve missed them. Plus, I promised you all a low carb meal with the Carnitas instead of tacos’ and burritos. So, here we are.
Normally sticking to chicken salads (okay, so I’m going to list them here to save you from jumping around on my site): 1/Grilled Chilli Lime Chicken Fajita Salad 2/ Balsamic Chicken Salad With Lemon Quinoa 3/ Skinny Chicken And Avocado Caesar Salad 4/ Thai Chicken Meatball Salad 5/ Pomegranate Cobb Salad 6/ Blackened Shrimp, Asparagus and Avocado Salad 7/ Salmon and Avocado Caesar Salad 8/ Grilled Balsamic Chicken and Avocado Bruschetta Salad Plus others, but I broke into a sweat and figured 12 is enough information for all of us to handle right about now. Anyway, it was time for some pork on our fork in a salad. In this Chipotle Lime Carnitas Salad, I decided to break out some fresh corn cobs and toast the kernels to crispy, toasty, popcorn smelling incredible-ness.
Yes, I’m going to admit that I really thought they would turn into popcorn. I mean, I was waiting for it. And when a couple of kernels started popping out of the pan, I jumped with them. No popcorn happened, but the popping was enough to scare the bejeezus out of me. If you’ve never done this before: do it.
Then I used some Chipotle Peppers in Adobo my mother presented me with. Becoming a blogger has become one of the craziest blessings I’ve had to deal with. Because whenever anyone goes anywhere and finds something they think I could use — or love — they’ll bring it over and we’ll have a big celebration. In comes smokey/spicy/tangy/withahintofsweet dressing.
Made some pretend rice (also known as Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice)…which you can leave out if you wish OR replace with rice!
Prepared my salad…and proceeded to pour the dressing over this salad like no ones bi’ness.
In fact, I’m sitting here, still eating it. Jealous? Don’t be. ?
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