I love it when fresh corn and tomatoes are bountiful at my farmer's market. Wanting to take advantage of both, I came up with this simple but very refreshing summer salad.
Summer Tomato and Fresh Corn Salad
Ingredients
Salad
2-3 baby gem lettuces or one head romaine
1-2 fresh tomatoes
1 cucumber
2 ears of fresh corn
Dressing
2 tablespoons red onions
1 tablespoon red bell pepper
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon fresh parsley
1/4 cup lime juice ( lemon can be used instead)
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika (or more chili powder)
1) Rinse and tear the lettuce.
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| I used the little gems but any kind of crunchy lettuce will do. | | |
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2) Remove the corn from the cob, be careful !! I probably should have done it into a bowl because the corn flew around a bit.
3) Peel and quarter a cucumber and cut into half inch chunks. Slice several tomatoes into wedges and assemble the salad.
4) Time to make the dressing: into the mini food processor I put the red bell pepper, red onion, fresh parsley and cilantro.
5) Whiz together with the lime juice, salt and spices.
6) Add the olive oil and whiz some more. Voila, yummy dressing !!
7) Dress each portion of salad separately unless you plan to use the whole bowl at once.
Note: I thought avocado would be a nice addition but my sous-chef claims he liked the whole texture of the salad the way it is !!
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