This corn and avocado salad with lime basil dressing is the perfect healthy summer side dish. Everyone loves it and it’s so easy to toss together.
I woke up at 10:30 this morning!! I honestly haven’t seen that number on the clock upon waking in years. I guess my body is still on the Pacific Time zone. The good news is that I’m back on to my East Coast routine – I got in a sweaty HIIT workout yesterday afternoon and I’ve been eating healthy meals at home. Definitely feels great to be back.
In other news, I have a winning corn salad to share with you all! I’ve actually posted it about it before, but it’s totally worth mentioning again. And this time I have better pictures!
The summer heat makes me crave cool and refreshing meals and the last thing I want at a cook out is a heavy, warm dish to go along with my (bean) burger. I’ve found this corn salad to be the perfect healthy summer side dish. Everyone loves it and it’s so easy to toss together. The hardest part is cutting the corn off the cob and removing the silks, but even that isn’t too hard!
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This corn and avocado salad with lime basil dressing is the perfect healthy summer side dish. Everyone loves it and it’s so easy to toss together.
Ingredients
- 6 ears of fresh uncooked sweet corn, husked and cut from cob
- 1 cup red onion, diced
- 1 large avocado, diced
- lime juice (1 lime or about 3 Tablespoons)
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- Ground pepper, to taste
Instructions
- After husking and cutting corn from the cob, pull out as many corn silks as possible. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
- Serve immediately or allow it to marinate for a few hours. I like to make it the night before and allow it to marinate over night as it tastes even better the next day.
Trust me on this one, it’s delicious!!
I have never tried corn and avacado together! sounds like a winning combo though 🙂
such wonderful flavor combos. i remember when i found out you could eat corn raw. a revelation!
I know! Corn on the cob has always been one of my favorite foods so I felt the same way when I found out you could eat it raw.
That sounds delicious! I love raw corn. Only in the summer, but I really do like it uncooked.
Yum, yum! I LOVE raw corn (especially in combination with BBQ tofu!), so I’ll def give this a try!
I don’t think I’ve ever had raw corn off the cob! Is that weird?
Yum! I love raw corn! 🙂 This sounds awesome!
Looks yummy! I love corn and avocado so I’m sure they’re great together 🙂
Sounds and looks yummy! I love corn so much, so I’m going to try this one by this week! Time to do some groceries.. Thanks for mentioning!
This looks amazing!!
This looks wonderful, I must try it soon!
I trust you! Looks great. I bet it’ll go well with my turkey burgers this week.
I make a similar salad that also has edamame and red onion and now i am JONESIN for some! I love the basil idea!
Love how you you come up with something so brilliantly delicious, but do it so simply. This recipe couldn’t take much time, but it looks soooo amazing. Keep it up!
I love avocados. This recipe looks great.
I always want to remake recipes from the old days on the blog…if only for the better pictures. LOL
And sleeping in until 10:30?? I don’t know if i will EVER see that day again. Even on days I feel like I could, a particular toddler keeps that from happening. “Good morning mommy!” Every day. 6 am. Ugh. Love her…not the wake up call.
Why don’t I do raw corn salads more often? I love the thought of those sweet, crisp kernels paired with creamy avocado. Thank you so much for sharing with me tonight…I’m salivating…and thank you for all your kind words on my own blog. I appreciate you! Have a blessed week!
This looks delicious! I love raw corn. Too bad I just went to the grocery store yesterday and didn’t get an avocado. I got fresh corn in the fridge but I put myself on a grocery “budget” this week so no going back for extras [like a normally do on a daily basis…] 🙂
There’s always next week!! 🙂
Just made this salad….delicious!! I added cilantro instead of basil, and it went great with the avocado and lime! YUM – thank you 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Mary!
I love this salad – thank you for the recipe! We add tomatoes to it. 🙂
This looks perfect for hot summer days.
Lovely blog. I found it looking for images of corn. What camera did you use to shoot the great new food photos?
Hi Taya, I use a Canon Rebel Xsi
I TRIED THIS THROUGH A CO WORKER AND IT IS DELISH!! I SPENT AN HOUR LOOKING FOR THE RECIPE.