Grilled Corn and Avocado Salad
July 4, 2011 in salad
If yesterday’s post was last minute 4th of July ideas, here’s a last last minute idea.
My boys bought their daddy a grill for Father’s Day and he’s been obsessed with it ever since. He’s so serious about it that he’s been going to the grocery store by himself to pick out what he wants to grill. It’s been the usual for the most part (burgers, sausage, chicken) but one day he shocked me with some corn. It was so delicious right off the grill and I knew immediately that I wanted to make this salad with it.
The sweet corn with the tart lime dressing is such a weird combination but so good! And anything with avocado is good in my book! Husband doesn’t like avocado or cilantro but even he liked this. I’m definitely making this again the next time we have some extra grilled corn.
I do recommend using cherry tomatoes. I used the larger grape tomatoes and I felt like they were too big compared to the rest of the ingredients. If you love tomatoes (I don’t) you might not have an issue with it though.
adapted from For the Love of Cooking
Ingredients
Instructions
- Remove husks from corn and grill over medium heat for 10 minutes. The corn should have some brown spots and be tender and not mushy. Let cool slightly before cutting the corn off the cob. Add tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro.
- To make the dressing, whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, honey, garlic, and salt and pepper. Pour over the corn mixture and gently toss to combine. Refrigerate for at least 10 - 15 minutes before
Oh I could eat bowls and bowls of this! Yum!
Looks delicious! We had a lot of salads at our cookout, too – I am really going to have to try this one!
we have 5 ears of corn left over. I am soooo making this recipe this week!
Our tastebuds must be on the same wavelength, I had corn and avocado today :D The salad looks great and so does that beautiful dish cloth!
what a great side dish! we’ll do lots more grilling before summer is over–i can’t wait to make this!
Yum! This is so right up my alley!! last night I made a basil avocado salsa… and a few weeks ago a strawberry avocado salsa, I think this is going to have to be my next avocado salsa!! Thanks for the inspiration! :) Beautiful photo as well!
Oh my, this looks SO good and refreshing! I just printed it to make this week. We also got a new grill this year and my husband has been trying to learn new thing. I’ll get him to try corn!
I made this last week and it was very good. I didn’t grill the corn because I had some ears of corn already cooked. It still turned out great and the sweetness of the dressing was a yummy surprise.
just made this and it is sooo delicious. very light and refreshing, great for summer! i didn’t grill the corn because i didn’t feel like setting up the grill but it still tasted great. I’m going to make this for my next potluck
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