Vegan Southwest Salad

Ingredients: Chipotle Dressing – ½ cup raw cashews – ½ cup water + ½ cup for soaking the cashews – 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

Ingredients: – 1 teaspoon adobo sauce – 2 tablespoons vegan sour cream – 1 tablespoon lime juice – 1 teaspoon sriracha – 1 tablespoon olive oil

Ingredients: Salad – 2 cups lettuce mix – ½ sliced avocado – ¼ cup canned spicy black beans - or regular black beans if you can't find spicy – ¼ cup cherry tomatoes quartered

Ingredients: – 2 tablespoons chopped onion – ¼ cup chopped red or orange bell pepper – 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro – ¼ cup corn or yellow pepper

Chipotle Dressing: Soak cashews in hot cup water for 15 minutes, so that cashews soften. Discard water. Mix all ingredients in a food processor, and mix until smooth.

Salad: Plate lettuce, then the rest of ingredients. Top with Chipotle Dressing.

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