Karen's Fresh Corn & Black Bean Summer Salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 218.8
  • Total Fat: 6.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 405.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 8.0 g
  • Protein: 8.2 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Karen's Fresh Corn & Black Bean Summer Salad calories by ingredient


Introduction

This is a very refreshing one cup serving to accompany any summer barbeque. It's even good inside of a low calorie whole wheat tortilla with a touch of fat free sour cream. This is a very refreshing one cup serving to accompany any summer barbeque. It's even good inside of a low calorie whole wheat tortilla with a touch of fat free sour cream.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    Salad

    2 cups fresh par cooked corn
    1 15 oz can of black beans, rinsed
    Yellow, red, and/or orange peppers (10 big strips chopped or enough to fill 1 cup)
    1 cup cucumber
    3 scallions
    4 tablespoons cilantro
    1 medium avacado
    1 cup chopped celery

    Dressing

    2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    1/2 Cup lime juice
    1 teaspoon salt
    2 teaspoons cayenne (or to taste)
    2 teaspoons garlic powder

Directions

Boil some summer fresh corn for only about 3-4 minutes. Drain and cool. Cut the corn off the cob and cool 2 cups. When ready, add one 15 oz can of rinsed black beans, 1 cup of chopped yellow, red, and/or orange peppers, 3 chopped scallions, 1 medium avacado chopped, 1 large stalk of celery chopped, about 4 tablespoons of fresh chopped cilantro leaves and 1 cup of chopped cucumber.
Pour 1/2 Cup of fresh lime juice, 2 tablespoons of a good grade of extra virgin olive oil, 2 teaspoonsof cayenne pepper (or to taste), 2 teaspoons of garlic powder and 1 teaspoon of salt ,on the salad. Serve cold or room temp.

Serving Size: Makes 6 one cup servings

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KARENLELLI.