The Best Healthy Fresh Corn Salad
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When you eat the best healthy fresh corn salad, you just know you’re doing great things for your body! Full of anti-oxidants and nutrients!
Summer Fresh Corn Salad
I was once in a corn eating contest. Know how many ears I consumed in about 20 minutes? Seventeen! Yep, I love corn. And, by the way, I didn’t even win the contest!
As you can see, there’s lots of passion behind this recipe and any that I do with corn.
Fresh Corn Salad
Hey, besides fresh corn salad, what are some of my other creations with delicious corn! Believe me, here are just three. If you put ‘corn’ in the search box, then you’ll go down a rabbit hole. Yes, I love corn!
6-Ingredient Corn Shrimp Pasta
Serrano Corn Soufflé Casserole
Summer Corn Salad
Nothing’s better than fresh summer corn. When we’re in Colorado we get corn from Olathe. OMG! It’s to die for.
Grown on the Western Slope, the popular Olathe corn is delivered to a variety stores from Alaska to Virginia. Harold said his company planted 20 percent more corn this year making the harvest one of the biggest yielding crops in years
Then when we’re in South Carolina, well, the silver queen corn is just like sweet juiciness with each bite.
Recipe for Corn Salad
Want another absolutely easy and delicious recipe for corn salad? Then try this combo of corn and caprese salad!
Avocado Corn Tomato Salad
Another ingredient that you could add to this salad would be avocado. I think I would add the avocado slices as garnish to the servings rather than incorporating in the salad. Why?
Well, avocados tend to turn brown, and if you have leftovers, then you’ll have the ‘browning’ avocado. So, just slice or dice that avocado. Spritz with fresh lemon juice, and they’ll be vibrantly colorful for serving.
Grilled Corn Salad
You also can choose to grill the corn rather than steam or cook on the stove top in water.
Grilling is just another technique to add some flair to the looks of the salad. The taste may be a tad bit different, too, with the smokiness of the grilling. I’ve done this salad so many times, and have done it grilled, too.
Corn Salad Side Dish
While this can be a main dish, it’s also the perfect side dish.
If I’m serving this as a main dish, I’ll add a piece of grilled chicken or maybe grilled shrimp.
And, don’t forget that this recipe will be absolutely purrrrrrrrrrfect for you holiday table!
Easy Corn Salad Recipe
There’s virtually no cooking to this recipe. So, that makes it perfect for the Summer.
Of course, you have to cook the corn, but is that really ‘cooking’. I consider it more of ‘preparation’! It’s all in the semantics!
And, I’m hoping that you love the addition of the other farm fresh veggies that you’re adding to this salad. It’s Summertime in a bowl!
The Best Healthy Fresh Corn Salad
Ingredients
- 3 ears fresh corn, cooked, cut from cob
- 8 mini peppers, thin slice rounds with seeds
- 1 zucchini, medium size, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 ½ cups cherry heirloom tomatoes, sliced in halves
- ½ bell pepper, medium dice
- 4 green onions, sliced with some of the greens
- 1 ½ cups fresh mozzarella, cut into bite size pieces, or use mozzarella balls sliced in halves, other options are: gorgonzola, blue cheese, feta cheese, goat cheese, crumbled
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves, rough chop
- ½ cup fresh flat parsley, rough chop
- 1 lemon, juice
- 1 lime, juice
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
Combine the corn, peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, bell pepper, green onions, mozzarella, basil, and parsley in a large bowl. Give a quick toss and blend of ingredients.
Squeeze on the lemon and lime juice. Drizzle on the olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Toss and blend. Serve immediately or refrigerate (covered with plastic wrap) until ready to serve.
I love your salad recipes. I was trying to find the corn one you made recently with the capers, corn, celery, zucchini and had the bleu cheese yogurt dressing.
April, thank you! I haven’t officially made that recipe into a post, but you have what’s in it, corn (cut off the cob, capers, green onions, celery zucchini). All you need is the blue cheese dressing, and, here it is, luv! xoxx ally
https://allyskitchen.com/buttermilk-mint-bleu-cheese-dressing/
This was so good!! I was so excited because I went to the local farmers market and got all fresh ingredients for this. So so so good! I am loving all your recipes and my boyfriend is enjoying all the food too haha!!
Ohhhhh, Breanne! You’re my superstar!! Thank you, luv! Farmer’s market freshness can’t be beat. You’re a smart one to source your ingredients there. And, you please tell that sweet boyfriend of yours that he’s in store for more great eats!! Sending lots of hugs and gratefulness for your support! xoxx ~ally