Famous Taco Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 head iceberg lettuce, torn (good sized)
• 1 lb cheddar cheese, shredded (1 block)
• 12 ounces ranch style beans, undrained (whole can)
• 4 ounces of sliced olives (small can)
• 1 cup chopped tomato (3 tomatoes)
• 12 ounces corn tortilla chips (1 bag)
• 1 lb ground beef, browned and drained
• 12 ounces thousand island dressing
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet taco seasoning
• to taste avocado

Recipe

• 1 brown and drain the ground beef. set aside on a paper towel to continue draining and cooling.
• 2 dressing: mix the can of undrained chili beans, the thousand island dressing and the taco seasoning in a bowl. stir well and set it to the side. (makes a mean dip for that open bag of tortilla chips you have sitting there! you are cooking dinner, you must be slightly hungry!)
• 3 obtain a large bowl. in that bowl place the following: 1 head of torn lettuce, the shredded cheese, chopped tomatoes and olives.
• 4 put the hamburger on top of the salad mixings.
• 5 find a small child, or a small child at heart and place a slit in the chip bag to avoid a disastrous explosion. have child smush chips to small pieces. i am sure that "smush" is a highly scientific culinary term! do not make chip powder, just small pieces. dump the chips on top of the lettuce mixture.
• 6 pour the dressing on top of lettuce mixture.
• 7 mix well and enjoy. this is where you add the avocado if you are so inclined.
• 8 leftovers may be stored in airtight container in the fridge in order to create a congealed "taco salad mess" the next day. not pretty but quite tasty.