Taco Salad anyone?

I love Taco Salad, but whenever I (or many other women I know) order them in restaurants we substitute the taco shell bowl for a regular bowl because we can't help ourselves from eating the fabulously gigantic tortilla chip made into a 1,000 calorie bowl! Which, in turn makes us leave our supposedly "healthy" lunch choice feeling horribly guilty! Tonight I made a really good taco salad and the best part about it was my boyfriend really liked it too!

So here it is: amazing guacamole (all made from scratch), organic sweet corn, oven baked chicken flavored with a spicy taco seasoning packet, organic black beans, shredded cheese, cherry tomatoes (for looks), crunched up tortilla chips, and jalapeno ranch dressing. Many great guacamole recipes exist but my boyfriend and I keep it simple and it always turns out great: avocado, tomatoes, onion, garlic, jalapeno, lime juice, and salt; we make it at least once a week.

Okay, okay, well this salad really isn't that healthy, but I saved a few calories by removing the taco shell bowl~! I did not have store-bought jalapeno ranch but I did have a jalapeno, and uh... ranch, so...walah, I made semi-homemade jalapeno ranch dressing and it was good! The picture is a little blurry but they really turned out looking quite pretty. ~~A~~