Black Bean & Corn Salad with Avocado Dressing

EVENT: FANTASTICAL FOOD FIGHT

THEME: SALAD

RECIPE : BLACK BEAN & CORN SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING

Black Bean And Corn Salad With Avocado Dressing is a healthy, tasty, filling salad with a creamy home made dressing. Can enjoy this hearty salad as a meal for lunch or dinner. Different textures and flavours makes this a fun salad.

FANTASTICAL FOOD FIGHT

Fantastical Food Fight is a Facebook Group of food bloggers. The group initiator is Sarah Ellis. She comes up with monthly themes and we post our recipes on the indicated date and time. It is a fun group which allows me to explore so many different cuisines and ideas.

Theme: Salads

There was a time when I was sticking to soups and salads only for dinner and that was going pretty well for a long time. However, the disheartening thing was that I was not losing any weight. And I got off track. This Salad theme is a reminder to get back on track.

I reasoned that light dinners felt good as tummy was not bloated, didn’t feel lethargic. Generally felt good that I was eating something healthy. I really should get back to that routine and yes have realized that counting calories is as important as exercising. No diet promises the easy way out.

Black Bean & Corn Salad With Avocado Dressing

So wanting to get back to my soup and salad dinners, I decided to make this hearty, healthy and filling salad. I love adding fruit to my salad, so just threw in a few pineapple chunks that I had in the fridge. And oh my! that added so much flavour to the overall salad.

For a creamy dressing, I usually go for yogurt or avocado as I am not a big fan of mayonnaise.

Some More Salads That You May Enjoy:

Sprouted Moong Salad

Phyllo Cup Salad

Baked Falafel Salad Bowl

Butternut Squash and Apple Salad

Mango and Avocado Salad

Apple Avocado Quinoa Salad

Ingredients Required For Black Bean & Corn Salad With Avocado Dressing:

• Salad Greens – any of your choice.
• Sweet Corn – cooked. Can use freshly boiled corn or frozen or tinned.
• Black Beans – cooked. If you use dried beans then you will need to soak them for at least 6 hours and cook them with water. Can use canned beans.
• Tomatoes – I have used cherry tomatoes. Can use any of your choice. If you use normal tomatoes, chop them into bite size pieces.
• Cucumber – I like to use English Cucumber. The skin is thin and crunchy so I don’t peel it.
• Pineapple Chunks – fresh or canned.
• Spring Onion – chopped, both the white and green parts. If you don’t have any, use normal onion.
• Fresh Coriander – cilantro. Wash and chopped. Need some for the salad and the dressing.
• Avocado – use one small one or half of a large one. Scoop out the flesh using a spoon.
• Yogurt – plain thick yogurt. For a vegan version use vegan yogurt or coconut cream or replace it with water.
  
• Garlic – peeled.
• Lime Juice
• Salt – add according to your taste
• Pepper Powder
• jalapeño – use according to your taste. If you don’t want a hot dressing remove the seeds and rib. Can replace it with normal green chillis.

BLACK BEAN & CORN SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING

mayurisjikoni

5 from 6 votes

Print Recipe

Prep Time 15 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Course Appetizer, Main Meal, Salad

Cuisine International

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

FOR THE SALAD:

• 2 cups mixed salad greens
• 1 cup sweet corn cooked
• 1 cup black beans cooked
• 10 cherry or plum tomatoes cut into halves
• ½ cup cucumber diced
• ½ cup pineapple chunks
• ½ cup spring onion chopped
• ¼ cup fresh coriander chopped

FOR THE AVOCADO DRESSING:

• ½ cup avocado pulp
• ½ cup plain yogurt thick
• 1 clove garlic peeled and minced
• 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves chopped
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 jalapeño chopped
• ½ tsp pepper powder

Instructions

 

PREPARATION OF SALAD:

• Wash the greens thoroughly and pat them dry on a kitsch towel.
• Tear them up into smaller bite size.
• Mix all the salad ingredients in a bowl.

PREPARATION OF AVOCADO DRESSING:

• Add avocado pulp, yogurt, chili, garlic, coriander into a food processor.
• Process till you get a smooth creamy mixture.
• Add salt, pepper and lime juice.
• Pulse for 2-3 seconds.
• Remove the dressing into a bowl.

SERVING:

• I usually prefer to serve the salad with the dressing on the side. That way people can add dressing according to their preference.

Notes

• You can add other vegetables like bell pepper, chopped onion, olives, carrots etc.
• Use green chili instead of jalapeño
• Use leftover dressing as a dip.
• For vegan version of dressing omit dairy yogurt and use vegan yogurt. Or simply add some water. You will still get a creamy dressing.

Keyword avocado dressing, bean and corn salad, bean and corn salad with avocado dressing

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