Greek Style Corn Salad with Avocado & Feta

Recipe by: Evelyn February 3, 2019 Salads

Description

This Greek salad is refreshing, bright and healthy, and goes with almost any main dish.

Ingredients

3 ears fresh sweet corn cooked and cooled, kernels cut off the cob (approx 2 cups)
1 avocado, chopped
4 mini cucumbers, thinly sliced
1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion
1/3 cup sliced pitted olives (green or kalamata)
1/2 cup crumbled Feta

Dressing:
3 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp honey
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp fresh chopped mint
Salt and freshly cracked black pepper

Directions

First prepare the dressing by whisking all of the ingredients together in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and set aside.

For the salad: combine all of the ingredients in a large salad bowl. Add dressing and toss until combined. Taste for salt and pepper, before serving.

TIPS:
There are few substitutions you can make: mini cucumbers -1 English cucumber, red wine vinegar - apple cider vinegar, fresh mint - 1 tsp dried oregano.

To quickly cook the corn: bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Add corn and wait for the water to come back to a boil, then set a timer for 5 min. After 5 min, remove the corn from the water and cool before cutting kernels off the cob.

Enjoy!

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