Wash, dry and cut lettuce. One head of lettuce is about 3 salads (lunch for one person for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Too much more and the cut greens wilt)
Seed and dice 1-2 jalapenos
wash grape tomatoes (they keep better whole, versus dicing a big tomato)
dice cheddar cheese into cubes
thaw frozen corn (if you are prepping ahead, then you can leave frozen and they'll thaw in the fridge)
DRESSING
Make half batch dressing: https://www.loveandlemons.com/cilantro-lime-dressing/. Food process:
1 C cilantro
2 garlic cloves
1/8 C lime juice (i.e. half a lime)
1/4 C olive oil
optional: 1/4 C water
1 tsp maple syrup
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp salt
one quarter of the seeds from the jalapeno (i.e. half a jalapeno)
ASSEMBLE
2 compartments lettuce
heaping 1/8 C diced jalapenos
1/8 C corn
1/4 C cooked chickpeas or black beans
5 grape tomatoes
1/2 oz cheddar cheese (or heaping 1/8C of cubed cheese)
