Fresh Summer Corn Salad
Fresh Summer Corn Salad
A summer side dish using seasonal produce is the key to easy summer entertaining. No oven required is also of utmost importance when the heat of summer makes all of us cringe at the thought of heating up the kitchen.
Whether you boil the corn or even grill it, all the rest of the veggies just get chopped up and thrown together with a super yummy dressing and you are done! Doesn’t get better!
Fresh herbs make this delightful and you can serve it chilled or room temperature.
I brought this new recipe over to my parents house for the 4th of July and my Italian picky father actually LOVED it, loved it and RAVED about it and ate SECONDS!! It was amazing! I was thrilled, even my mom and hubby enjoyed it too!
Fresh Summer Corn Salad
Ingredients
- 5 ears of corn shucked
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 orange pepper diced
- 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves chopped
- 1 scallion chopped
- 2 small jalapenos seeds removed, chopped
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
- Place the corn in a pot of boiling salted water and cook for 3 minutes.
- Drain and immerse in ice water.
- Once cool, cut kernels off cob and place in serving bowl.
- Add all other ingredients and enjoy or keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Makes 6 cups.
Notes
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About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach, and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & refined-carb free for 20 years and is the author of four cookbooks: Sugar-Free Mom, Naturally Keto, The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, and her newest release, Good, Better, Best (2025). Her work focuses on helping women detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar, and lose weight while enjoying delicious, nutrient-dense whole foods. Brenda is also the creator of the Midlife Macro™ Method and the weekly Midlife Macro Meal Plans™, designed specifically for women in perimenopause and menopause who want simple, high-protein, low-carb meals to support hormones, metabolism, and long-term health.She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and the Sugar Free Mom Tribe membership.
I just made this and it is very good. I didn’t have any basil but it still tasted great. Next time I will use basil and who knows how much better it will be. This is a nice light dish perfect during this hot, humid weather.
I gotta say that even though this doesn’t have sugar in it, it certainly raises the blood sugar sky high! Be careful if you’re a diabetic.
Thank you for all the work you put into posting and sharing new recipes! When I try and add this recipe to my ziplist it says it is a whole wheat apple pie recipe. I have had that happen on a few other recipes. Am I doing something wrong?
I will send them an email, thank you for letting me know.
I can’t tell you how excited I am to open your Blog–when I receive it. Your recipes are fan-tab-ulous; and look so yummy. I can’t wait to try them.
So beautiful! I just love summer corn–can’t wait to try this. 🙂
thanks Ricki!