I have been enjoying the sweet corn lately and I recently discovered that I really like avocados. When I came across this recipe for an avocado and sweet corn salad I just had to try it. The combination of the sweet corn and the creamy avocados sounded really good. Of course the bacon didn’t hurt either. I had also been wanting to try this recipe for a creamy salsa verde dressing and I thought that it would go really well with this salad. The avocado and sweet corn salad with creamy salsa verde dressing turned out really well. The avocado, black beans and dressing made the salad nice and creamy and the juicy tomatoes and sweet corn cut through the creaminess. The salsa verde in the dressing added a lot of flavour and a bit of heat to the salad. Overall the salad was a really nice combination of flavours and textures.
Avocado and Sweet Corn Salad
ingredients
- 2 cups sweet corn kernels
- 1 avocado (pitted, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces)
- 1 cup tomatoes (cut into bite sized pieces)
- 1 cup black beans
- 2 green onions (sliced)
- 1 handful cilantro (chopped)
- 4 slices bacon (chopped and cooked)
- creamy salsa verde dressing
directions
- Assemble salad.
Creamy Salsa Verde Dressing
ingredients
- 1/2 cup salsa verde
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 lime (juice)
- 1/4 cup cilantro
directions
- Puree everything in a blender or food processor.
Cheryl says
August 29, 2008 at 11:59 pmWhat an amazing salad! I am the first! HA!@
Anonymous says
August 30, 2008 at 12:07 amThis sounds delicious! It really combines all the right things.
Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) says
August 30, 2008 at 12:52 amThis looks wonderful — love the buttermilk dressing with the avocado. Definitely bookmarking to try this recipe.
Pearlsofeast says
August 30, 2008 at 12:57 amKevin, u have magic in churning fantastic recipes.They are always fantastic and very well presented.Gonna try your vanila icecream today.Have a great weekend.
Dragon says
August 30, 2008 at 12:58 amGreat salad!
hot garlic says
August 30, 2008 at 1:30 amKevin! Now I’m seeing you everywhere! I was already coming to say hello to you from your comment on my blog, but then I happened to click over from Prudy’s blog.
WOW, I am so impressed, everything on here looks so, SO good! -With the exception of the corn ice cream which I am just not so sure about, but it still looks pretty and maybe it is one of those ‘don’t knock it ’till you try it’ ditties!?
I will be back for a second-helping for sure!
Manggy says
August 30, 2008 at 1:33 amSweet corn kernels in a creamy dressing is just one of the simple joys of life 😉
Mrs Ergül says
August 30, 2008 at 1:43 amWow! Nice colours!
mikky says
August 30, 2008 at 1:49 amdefinitely, a must try recipe… what a great side dish… 🙂
Anonymous says
August 30, 2008 at 1:53 amThis is a tasty looking salad. Can’t go wrong with avocado and bacon though. 🙂
The Konosur says
August 30, 2008 at 2:44 amUnfortunately I detest beans. And black beans even more, but perhaps I can omit the beans.
Rita says
August 30, 2008 at 3:02 amYou are on a corn trip, aren’t you? I am glad for that, I love corn, and the salad looks great. Avocados are so good for you too.
Lina says
August 30, 2008 at 4:46 ammm that looks so good, seriously… can you teach my hubby to cook please? haha
chefectomy says
August 30, 2008 at 5:16 amKevin,
Like many food bloggers I see a lot of recipes. This is one I will make. Really nice work.
–Marc
Indonesia-Eats says
August 30, 2008 at 5:17 amThat salad looks so tempting
Pam says
August 30, 2008 at 5:29 amThis looks wonderful. My neighbor has been giving me a bunch of fresh corn from his garden. I am excited to try this recipe.
Dhanggit says
August 30, 2008 at 7:08 amoh this salad is heavenly!!
Jan says
August 30, 2008 at 7:23 amThat’s a great looking salad!
Sylvie says
August 30, 2008 at 7:57 amAvocado is one of my favourite things to have in a salad, with its rich creaminess. Looks great, Kevin.
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
August 30, 2008 at 8:04 amThat’s the kind of salad I like! Tasty
Cheers,
Rosa
Kim says
August 30, 2008 at 11:11 amAnother great dish Kevin, love the buttermilk dressing!
Clumbsy Cookie says
August 30, 2008 at 12:40 pmI loved the way you paired 2 recipes you wanted to try! It looks very fresh, althout I don’t like avocados, I’m sure it was great!
VeggieGirl says
August 30, 2008 at 1:14 pmYet another wonderful salad – love the recipe fusion!
Bellini Valli says
August 30, 2008 at 1:28 pmIt does sound like a great combintion Kevin:D
Meeta says
August 30, 2008 at 2:01 pmwow this does look like a scrumptious salad. kevin yet another great recipe to try out!
noble pig says
August 30, 2008 at 2:44 pmI love the creamy salsa verde dressing, that sounds so good. I must, must try it.
katie says
August 30, 2008 at 2:50 pmKEvin, that looks delicious! I love creamy corn salalds. I love creamy corn anything.
katie says
August 30, 2008 at 2:52 pmMan, I was typing fast.
Dawn says
August 30, 2008 at 4:51 pmI could eat a lot of this creamy creation. I would also stuff it in some pita bread or on top of Naan bread. Wonderful recipe Kevin.
Lisa says
August 30, 2008 at 8:48 pmKevin, you might be interested to know that the following website is reproducing your content, along with other blogger’s content, including mine, without permission. They are scooping pictures, recipes and writing.
http://www.easyfastfood.com/
Maya says
August 30, 2008 at 9:44 pmHi Kevin – That makes a great meal. Corn is especially sweet this time of the year.
Astra Libris says
August 30, 2008 at 10:38 pmmmmmm, this looks absolutely heavenly… Thank you for the great recipe – I’m going to fix this for supper tonight!
Lori Lynn says
August 30, 2008 at 11:02 pmI really like that dressing recipe Kevin.
Bacon didn’t hurt either, haha.
jd says
August 30, 2008 at 11:33 pmOMG! This looks amazing!
I’m definitely gonna make it asap – although it’ll be a veganized version, of course 🙂
I’ll let ya know how it turns out…
Thanks for the great idea!
OhioMom says
August 31, 2008 at 1:03 amLove the color combo in this salad! I have been loving the locally grown sweet corn this summer too 🙂
Gloria (Canela) says
August 31, 2008 at 2:17 amKevin we love here the avocado and corn salad, and add tomatoes too, so delicious and yours look amazing! xGloria
Deb says
August 31, 2008 at 2:20 amYes, now I could definitely eat corn this way!! Love the sound of that dressing. Mmmm!
Jaime says
August 31, 2008 at 4:56 ami love avocados too! this looks great!
Marie says
August 31, 2008 at 5:34 amOhh Your version looks delish Kevin! I love the addition of the black beans!
Gattina says
August 31, 2008 at 6:44 amThe salsa verde dressing sounds great to me!
oh how I miss the fresh corn, the juice just popped in my mouth!
Elra says
August 31, 2008 at 9:00 amKevin,
I can easily eat a big bowl of this salad. Corn salad is my favorite salad for summer. I make it at least once a week. Mine is much more simple then yours though!
Grace says
August 31, 2008 at 9:41 amonce again, you’ve tickled my fancy. this is right up my alley (except for the mayo…), and it looks fantastic.
Mike of Mike's Table says
August 31, 2008 at 1:56 pmThis looks like a great mix of flavors. Sounds delicious
Sweet Bird says
August 31, 2008 at 4:37 pmWow, Kevin. That looks outstanding.
Darius T. Williams says
August 31, 2008 at 5:28 pmAhhh – where do I sign up?
Elly says
August 31, 2008 at 5:39 pmBeautiful, Kevin. I love these types of salads.
Antonia says
August 31, 2008 at 7:27 pmGreat sounding salad – I love the idea of this…
I’m very keen on sweetcorn too but haven’t had any yet this season. I’m glad you reminded me how good it is!
Jan says
August 31, 2008 at 10:21 pmThat salad looks fabulous, Kevin.
farida says
September 1, 2008 at 5:20 amGreat looking salad. I loved the dressing!
Jeanne says
September 1, 2008 at 10:48 amSweetcorn? Avocado?? Bacon??? Hold me back, I’m going out to buy the ingredients RIGHT NOW! What a fantastic combo, and a nice quick meal.
Rosie says
September 1, 2008 at 12:45 pmThis is a wonderful salad Kevin!!
Rosie x
eileen says
September 1, 2008 at 4:10 pmwow, that looks really good! I am jealous. 🙂
Claud says
September 1, 2008 at 7:01 pmFantastic! I mean, I recently got in (more or less love) with avocado and often eat salads similar to this you’ve posted!
Helene says
September 1, 2008 at 8:52 pmGreat combination. Also really good picture.
Jeena says
September 1, 2008 at 9:19 pmI would love to eat this salad!
Deborah says
September 2, 2008 at 5:48 pmBacon and avocado – you can’t go wrong with this one!
ttfn300 says
September 6, 2008 at 7:36 pmYum yum yum!
Anonymous says
September 7, 2008 at 8:04 amyour tastes and experimental methods are similar to mine! thanks for the excellent source for new recipes.
Jaime says
September 9, 2008 at 5:02 amthis looks so good!
you might also like this recipe, too:
http://www.goodeatsblog.com/2008/09/chipotle-chicken-taco-salad.html
Anonymous says
September 18, 2008 at 12:55 amI just made this and really enjoyed it. I had to simplify the dressing because I couldn’t find tomatillos, and I left out the bacon, but it was still excellent.
HoT_CoCo says
December 9, 2008 at 12:15 pmDude seriously u rock |..|
lshari says
February 21, 2012 at 2:08 amAll I can say is "WOW"… this salad was amaaazingly delicious. I even made the homemade salsa verde and it was great. Will make this again..and again, and again. 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!