good old fashioned recipe for taco salad?

you can find a lot of taco salad recipes online. google it

I just pour a can of my favorite chili over cut up crunchy lettuce. Voila... taco salad

There are really no measurements. Just add as much of everything as you like. Here is what I use...

Lettuce

Taco meat - chilled

Light red kidney beans (drained and rinsed well)

Diced tomato

Shredded cheese (4-cheese Mexican blend)

Crushed Doritos (I use Spicy Nacho)

Thousand Island dressing

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At home, I leave everything separate and mix it on my plate. If I take it to a gathering, I mix everything together at the last minute before I leave the house.

For the salad I mix vegetarian refried besns or black beans (either what's in the pantry, what the kids have eaten or my mood), lettuce (Romain and/or iceberg as we often have both), tomatoes (canned or fresh; we always have canned on hand but will pick up fresh if we plan ahead or they are marked down), guacamole, salsa, sour cream (for my husband and older two kids) and cheese (Daiya vegan for my two-year-old and me and dairy for my husband and older two kids.) My husband and I top it off with hot sauce.

It might not be old-fashioned but we like it.

We use either whole wheat tortillas, tacos or tortilla chips.

Our family uses Doritos and Catalina dressing, along with a meat sauce with kidney beans. Pretty delicious and can eat two plates' worth.

Eh.

I think they sell them tortilla chip flecks in bags, but I don't know where to find them in a store.

That would be part of it I would think.