Grilled Corn and Avocado Salad
Chipotle sauce gives a subtle smokiness to the salad and is not as hot as regular hot pepper sauce. However, you can substitute 1/4 tsp (1 mL) regular hot pepper sauce. Instead of grilling the corn, you can use 4 cups (1 L) cooked corn kernels.
Servings: 8 to 10
Ingredients:
| Nutritional Info | |
| Per each of 10 servings: about | - |
| cal | 212 |
| pro | 4 g |
| total fat | 10 g |
| sat. fat | 1 g |
| carb | 33 g |
| fibre | 5 g |
| chol | 0 mg |
| sodium | 88 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 1% |
| iron | 7% |
| vit A | 11% |
| vit C | 55% |
| folate | 30% |
Suggested Recipes
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8 corn cobs, husked
2 tbsp (25 mL) vegetable oil
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 sweet red pepper, diced
1/2 cup (125 mL) diced red onion
1 avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
Dressing:
1/4 cup (50 mL) lemon juice
2 tbsp (25 mL) minced fresh mint (or 1 tsp/5 mL dried)
2 tbsp (25 mL) vegetable oil
1 tsp (5 mL) chipotle hot pepper sauce
1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt, pepper and granulated sugar
Preparation:
Dressing: Meanwhile, in large bowl, whisk lemon juice, mint, oil, hot pepper sauce, salt, pepper and sugar. Add celery, red pepper and onion; toss to combine. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate corn and salad separately for up to 24 hours.)
Add corn and avocado; toss gently to combine.
Source
Canadian Living Magazine: August 2005
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