This salad screams summer with fresh sweet corn, cucumbers, and tomatoes from your garden or the farmers market. It won't last long in your fridge once you taste it but it will keep for several days (especially if you avoid salting the vegetables when you add your dressing). Use as a stand alone salad or pair with fish or chicken, great as a salsa for fish tacos. This fresh, healthy salad will help with these hot, hot days! Enjoy!

An off-the-cob version of Mexican Street Corn (Elote) that is simple and quick to prepare. Far more convenient than struggling with perfecting it on the cob too, if I do say so myself! ;)

This was a great recipe I found at the yummly website but made some additions. I added chick peas, black olives sundried tomatoes and a bit of garlic powder. Very refreshing and filling! Will make again :-)

this is delicious!

This is a great summer dish for grilling, super easy, fast and delicious!

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Healthy carrot and corn salad with tangy dressing

Evanston IL, was under a heat warning, and we wanted a cold corn salad, to serve with Chicken breasts, stuffed with Wild Rice.

If your corn is exceptionally sweet, you can use the kernels raw, and you'll have an even fresher, crisper salad to enjoy in less time. But sauteing the corn does bring out a different flavor and texture, and each variation is worth trying at least once.If you're going to saute your corn, I suggest you do that first, set the corn aside in your salad bowl to cool, give it a couple of stirs or tosses to release some of the heat, and then do your knifework on the rest of the ingredients while the corn cools.And you already know I'm not such a stickler for upscale ingredients, but if you can get your hands on some sweet, flavorful heirloom tomatoes, they really do make the salad better.If you'd like to give it a slightly more complex flavor, some optional spices that would work well individually in this salad in small amounts (1/8 to 1/4 teaspoonful): cumin, chipotle, smoked paprika, coriander, or even a little curry powder.

You can use this as a stand alone salad or a "salsa" for dipping tortilla chips in!