Simple Burrito Salad

Ok to start todays post let me begin this way. Hi, My name is Danielle, I'm a shopaholic. I don't mean this in a slightly sarcastic manner or in jest of other support programs (which I give 100% support too btw). I honestly am a shopaholic. There are days where I can't sit still, can't focus, can't honestly really function because I want to feel a cart in my hands, I want to be putting things in my cart, I want ...no I need....to go shopping. Well I figured out a way to curb this problem. Instead of going to a mall where I could easily rack up bills of over $100, I have started bargain shopping at grocery stores. This works for me. I meander through every isle, I look at every price tag. Some days I don't even have to buy anything, as long as I peruse and fill a cart (and then put it all back) I'm cured for a few more days. Well two days ago I managed to get out of Kroger with about 6 bags of groceries for only $26. How? Bargains. I watch those sales like a hawk. Tonight's dinner came mostly from that haul. 

This meal won't follow my normal post outline clearly. Mostly because I did this dinner with leftovers. Two days ago I made burritoes, now burritoes are common so I didn't think to take pictures and post them. But what I did was cook a cup of rice, 1/2 lb of fajita styled cut steak (was $4 lb), 1/2 bag of frozen 3 peppers and onion ($1), 1/2 cup of diced mushrooms (wole container $1), and a packet of taco seasoning($0.50). I then heated tortilla shells($2) on a frying pan added: rice, the meat, and veggies, topped with fresh cut tomatoes, small diced mozerella cheese ($3) and spring lettuce (tub on sale for $1.50) rolled that up and ta-da burritos. Once I made about 4 burritos I dumped the meat, peppers, onions, and mushrooms in a container with the remaining rice (had about 1 lb of mixture left). 

So tonight, I filled a bowl with some of the fresh spring lettuce mixture, dumped some of the burrito mixture on top of the rice and added some slices of avocado on top. I then added about 1/2 tbsp of Barberitos Spicy Ranch sauce that I had saved from a few days ago. (I save everything!) And as you can see this is a delicious, slightly spicey, burrito salad!! It is also very cost effective, as I have enough to make probably 2 more salads after tonight's dinner (on top of the previously made 4 burritos).

ENJOY!!