How To Make Garden-Fresh Corn Salad
Bursting with garden-fresh goodness, a bite of this corn salad made with sweet fresh corn, cucumber, tomato, herbs, and more is a heavenly experience!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3cupsraw corn kernels,(from about 4 cobs)
- ½cupmedium tomato,chopped
- ¾cupgreen onion,chopped
- 1cupcucumber,quartered, thinly sliced, preferably English cucumber
- ½cupfresh leafy herbs,chopped, choose from basil, dill, mint, parsley and/or cilantro
- ½cupradishes,chopped
- 1medium jalapeño,very thinly sliced, optional
- ¼cupextra-virgin olive oil
- 1tbspred wine vinegar,or white wine vinegar, to taste
- 2clovesgarlic,medium, pressed, or minced
- ½tspfine sea salt,to taste
- freshly ground black pepper,to taste
- ⅓cupfeta cheese,crumbled, or 1 ripe avocado, diced
Instructions
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In a large serving bowl, combine the corn, tomato, green onion, cucumber, herbs (don’t skimp on the herbs), radishes, and jalapeño.
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In a liquid measuring cup or small bowl, combine the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, and several twists of black pepper.
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Whisk until blended, then pour it over the salad. Toss to combine.
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Add most of the feta or avocado (reserve some for garnish), and gently toss.
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Taste, and add 1 tablespoon more of vinegar for more tang, or salt for more overall flavor.
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Garnish with the remaining feta or avocado.
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Serve promptly, or chill for later.
Recipe Notes
- If sensitive to spice, omit the jalapeño.
- This salad keeps well for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator, covered.
- For dairy-free or vegan salad, Use avocado instead of feta. If you’re missing feta’s salty punch, add some thinly sliced kalamata olives.
- Raw sweet corn works the best for this recipe, but you could also use frozen corn, defrosted and drained.
- For more smoky flavor? Grill the corn before making this salad.
Nutrition
- Calories: 218.00kcal
- Fat: 12.15g
- Saturated Fat: 2.72g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.18g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.40g
- Carbohydrates: 24.02g
- Fiber: 4.08g
- Sugar: 3.97g
- Protein: 4.71g
- Cholesterol: 7.42mg
- Sodium: 282.45mg
- Calcium: 132.52mg
- Potassium: 357.84mg
- Iron: 5.21mg
- Vitamin A: 39.43µg
- Vitamin C: 10.86mg
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