Healthified Street Corn Salad
All the bold, creamy flavors of classic street corn, just a little lighter ;) With sweet corn, avocado, cilantro, and a bright lime sauce, it’s the PERFECT side for spring meals!
Ingredients
For the corn salad:
- 2 cups white corn
- handful fresh cilantro chopped
- ⅓ cup red onion finely diced
- ½ cup cotija cheese
- 1 avocado diced
For the creamy cilantro lime sauce (you will only use about half):
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ cup packed cilantro or large handful
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and sauté the corn for 4-5 minutes until warm and slightly golden.
- Remove from heat and let it cool until it’s no longer steaming, ideally to room temperature!
- In a large bowl, combine the sautéed corn, diced red onion, chopped cilantro, cotija cheese, and diced avocado.
- Time for the delicious sauce! In a blender, combine the cottage cheese (you can cut this in half, but it might blend better with 1 full cup!), lime juice, salt, garlic powder, cilantro, and olive oil. Blend until smooth and creamy.
- Pour about half of the blended sauce into the bowl and gently toss everything together until evenly coated. (Save the rest of the sauce for a different recipe or dipping chicken or veggies in!)
- Taste and adjust with extra lime, salt, or cilantro if needed.
- YUM! 🌽
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