Corn Salad

Corn salad on a bed of spinach, pickled cucumbers, purple grapes

The Best Corn Salad (from Inspired Tastes)

• PREP 20min
 
• TOTAL 20min

Makes 3 cups

You Will Need

3 medium ears corn, kernels cut off the cobs, 1 ½ cups

Half large red bell pepper, finely chopped, 1/2 cup

3 green onions, thinly sliced, 1/2 cup

1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon

2 ounces (60g) crumbled feta cheese, 1/3 cup

1/4 cup (60ml) fresh lime juice, 2 medium limes

1 tablespoon sour cream

1 tablespoon olive oil

3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

4 turns on a pepper grinder

Directions

1In a large bowl, add the salad ingredients. Gently toss them together, being careful not to bruise the herbs or smash the corn.

2Once combined, let the salad sit for about an hour to marinate. The flavors will come together during this time, making the salad taste even better.

3When ready to serve, give the salad another gentle toss and enjoy. Keep the corn salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days.

NUTRITION PER SERVING: Serving Size 1/4 of the recipe (about 3/4 cup) / Calories 144 / Total Fat 7.9g / Saturated Fat 3.1g / Cholesterol 13.7mg / Sodium 578.9mg / Carbohydrate 16.9g / Dietary Fiber 2.5g / Total Sugars 5.9g / Protein 4.8g

I tweaked the salad to my individual taste.

• yellow bell peppers
• canned corn rinsed
•  grape tomatoes
• no lime
• no tarragon

I was pleased with the outcome and will make it again.

That's It***

 

Squash and Celery Slaw

 Fresh vegetables  are good for you but it's not good to leave them  too long.

This all began when I was baffled as to what to do with leftover celery and squash. Once again, stalking the NET, I came across celery slaw. Since I didn't follow their recipe exactly, I won't put a link to it. I'm  not sure what defines a dish as slaw or salad but I'm  guessing the slaw is shredded.

Sure I could look it up but I'd rather fly by the seat of my pants.
I washed and  scooped out the seeds of  four squash.

Seeded raw squash



Pulp/seeds from squash that I'll use in something else.
 HEY! I had to pay for it. Nothing's going to waste.



Here I've julienned the squash into fine slices.

The Loosely Pulled Together Recipe

Combined  about two cups of  julienned squash with one cup of chopped celery.

Mixed in  two tablespoons of  dried cranberries and two tablespoons of sour cream, salt and pepper to taste. 

NOTE: Since I failed to take a photo of celery and squash slaw, this photo is of  one I did without the celery.

All in all it was refreshing, different and tasty.

But Wait---There's More...

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Celery for Fun

I'd read  somewhere that celery could be regrown from  it's base by putting it in water and then soil, allowing it to resprout from the center into a new stalk.