Carne Asada and Avocado Salad

Tonight for dinner we had Carne Asada Tacos and Avocado Salad--yum!
For the meat, I just bought some pre-marinated at the store. I tried keeping it easy since today was a crazy day! With the meat, we used corn tortillas, cheese, greek yogurt, avocado and lettuce.

Avocado Salad Recipe--

One pint grape tomatoes, halved
1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and 1/2 inch diced
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup small diced red onion
2 tablespoons minced jalapeño peppers, seeded (2 peppers)
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lime zest
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (2 limes)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt (Himalayan Salt)
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
2 ripe avocados, seeded, peeled, and 1/2 inch diced

Directions:
Place the tomatoes, yellow pepper, black beans, red onion, jalapeno peppers, and lime zest in a large bowl.
Whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, garlic, and cayenne pepper and pour over the vegetables. Toss well.
Just before you are ready to serve the salad fold in the avocados. Check the seasoning and serve at room temperature.


I didn't really measure as I cut the vegetables. I just threw everything together and cut the vegetables with my Vidalia Chop Wizard (which I LOVE! you can get one at Bed, Bath and Beyond). As you can see in the pictures, my 2 year old LOVES to help with the Chopper! It takes longer to cook, but I love her helping me and she eats the food better when she does. Nothing is better than that:)

I have a problem with not measuring as I go, so I am trying to measure so it will be easier to post recipes....

Tonight I didn't use lime zest or ground cayenne pepper and I used red pepper instead of yellow.