4 Ingredient Trader Joe’s Meal Prep Salad
This 4 ingredient Trader Joe’s meal prep salad is the best lunch or dinner, and is so easy to make! These tasty burger salads are hearty, quick and have a bold, delicious flavor with just a few Trader Joe’s ingredients.
Start by pan-cooking the chicken burgers, and serving them over baby spinach with sour cream and delicious salsa. With just 4 ingredients you have delicious meals you can cook ahead of time and enjoy any day of the week.
Want more meal prep salads? Try our Trader Joe’s meal prep pasta salad, crunchy Thai chickpea salad, and our favorite savory cottage cheese salad with vegetables.
I am a huge Trader Joe’s fan – I always have been and always will be. I try to do a monthly run and stock up on delicious and easy-to-cook meals like this one!
This was one of my go-to dinners when I was just out of grad school. I loved coming home from a long day and cooking up something quick, easy, and delicious! And 4-ingredient meal prep… yes please! This meal comes together in about 20 minutes whether you make 1 or 4 salads! I love prepping these on the weekend and enjoying during the week for lunch at work.
This also makes a delish summer dinner, a warm burger on top of a cool salad is a great meal to sit down to when its hot out.
The combination of the burger, salsa, and sour cream is great in this dish. The salsa and sour cream combine to make a spicy and tangy dressing for the spinach.
This Meal Prep Salad Is:
- Filling
- Spicy
- Hearty
- Made with 4 Ingredients
- Easy to meal prep for a week’s worth of lunches
Ingredients You’ll Need
Be sure to visit the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!
- Organic Spinach: as the base salad layer
- TJ’s Burgers: any of their burgers are great in this southwest-style salad.
- Organic Sour Cream: because #yum and the fat cuts the spice from the salsa
- Salsa Especial: You can find this one in the refrigerated section at your Tray Jay’s… if you can’t find it, just swap it out with another salsa. This one is my fav though, as its slightly spicy!
Additions and Substitutions
You could add Elote Dip instead of sour cream, or use Greek yogurt, tzatziki, or any creamy dip you prefer.
Instead of baby spinach, you can use any other kind of green mix or salad blend.
For the burgers, you can use vegetable burgers, chicken chili lime burgers, or turkey or beef burgers.
What To Serve with These Salads
- Mexican Pickled Carrots Recipe
- No Soak Instant Pot Pinto Beans
- Avocado & Grapefruit Salad
- Spicy Pickled Red Onions and Jalapenos Recipe
- Cilantro Lime Rice in the Rice Cooker Recipe
Inexpensive Meal Prep Options
If you are looking for a quick and delicious dinner or lunch with 4 ingredients to meal prep – look no further! This is definitely in my normal lunch rotation.
Easy, hearty, quick to prep, and delicious! At about $3.50 per meal, also super cost-effective too!
Recipe FAQs
Yes, enjoying this recipe as a sandwich with a burger bun would be a great option too. Just reduce the amount of baby spinach on the burger, and enjoy.
Spiced beans or cilantro lime rice would be great additions to serve with this salad.
Store these salads in an airtight container and enjoy wthin 4 days.
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Dietary Modifications
- If you want a vegan or vegetarian version, just swap out the turkey/chicken burgers for your plant-based patty of choice! And use a dairy free sour cream.
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Trader Joe’s Southwest Salad Meal Prep
Ingredients
- 4 Trader Joes Chicken Chili Lime Burgers or Veggie Burger for a meatless option
- 4 cups fresh spinach
- 4 Tablespoons Trader Joe’s Salsa Authentica
- 4 Tablespoons sour cream
Instructions
- Cook the Chicken Chili Lime Burgers according to package instructions
- Divide the spinach into 4 containers, putting 1 cup into each container
- Top the spinach with the cooked Chili Lime Burgers
- Add a tablespoon of Salsa Authentica and a tablespoon of sour cream to the top of the burger… and enjoy!
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