Fresh Corn Salad

This past weekend, I went to the Farmer's Market for the first time all season. Shame on me, I know. They had a wide selection of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, bread and herbs, and everything looked amazing. One of my favorite things that we bought was a delicious focaccia bread that was topped with tomatoes, spinach and onions. I'm definitely going to try to recreate that one of these days. I was also quick to purchase a selection of fruits and vegetables that filled up the fridge.

Last night I decided to use the fresh corn, tomatoes and basil I bought to create some sort of salad. I think fresh basil is one if the best smelling things and it always spruces up a dish, so I knew I wanted to incorporate it. I did a few Google searches to get an idea of what to dress the salad with, but decided on a basic dressing of olive oil, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper. This salad was very refreshing and had great flavor! I think the basil really added a lot to it as well. Plus it was a great way to round up the end of summer. You could probably even use this as a dip/salsa if you wanted to. Enjoy!

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 fresh ears of corn, shucked
• 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 medium tomato, deseeded and chopped
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 2 basil leaves, chopped
• 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper

Cut the kernels off of the cob. Toss in a large bowl with the bell pepper, tomato and shallot.

Drizzle the vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper over top. Toss to combine. Add the chopped basil leaves just before serving.

Source: SK Original