Saturday, May 1, 2010

Corn & Avocado Salad on the bed of Spinach

Know What you Eat: As we all know avocados pack a nutrient punch with nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, the creamy texture of the fruit also gives this salad a delicious taste. Other nutrients include vitamin E, lutein and beta sitosterol. Vit E is an antioxidant, which means that it neutralizes free radicals, which can destroy a health cell or induce infammation. Of course we all know its good for your skin too.. This is a simple yet healthy cold salad, which compliments any vegetarian mexican meal goes directly to Sudeshna's Salad Carnival ; Divya's Show me your Salad , PJ's No Cook Event, Siri's Corner Healing food - Avocado, Preeti's Green Gourmet Event.


Corn & Avocado Salad


Ingredients:

1 C Hass Avocado's, diced
1 C Corn, frozen/fresh
2 C Fresh Baby Spinach
1/2 C Green Bell pepper, diced
1/4 C Fresh Mint / Cilantro, finely chopped
1 small red onion, diced
Handful of Cherry tomatoes
Handful of Red kidney beans

Dressing:

1 Tbsp Olive oil
1 Tbsp Freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 tsp of Rep Pepper flakes OR 
Salt & black pepper to taste







Avocado & Corn Salad


Method:

1.  Wash, dry spinach and spread on a plate/bowl. 
2.  Dice avocado's, bellpepper, cherry tomatoes, onion & fresh mint/cilantro.
3.  In a separate bowl mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt + pepper and give a quick whisk.
4.  Mix all the veggies & avocado's and spread it on the bed of spinach.
5.  Now drizzle the dressing over it and enjoy...

Note: 
 1. You can garnish it with your choice of cheese (rennet free) or shredded Paneer..
 2. Of course all the salad must be prepared when you are ready to eat..as this salad can be prepared earlier, and kept for later use the only thing to consider is  as soon as you dice these avocado's squeeze lemon juice over it to keep it fresh and avoid oxidizing (browning)
 3. Enjoy it with your favorite mexican meal, this itself can be my lunch...

45 comments:

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Healthy and colourful salad

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Very delicious and healthy salad that's so colorful...

ann low said...

WOW! This is so beautiful and healthy too.

Sara's Corner said...

Wow nice salad looks colourful and tempting. Just posted a remedy for the event.

Ash said...

Lovely colorful salad..... How attractive it looks!!!! WOW!!!!

Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Finla said...

As always your salades looks so so beautiful with all the colours and delicous.

SE said...

very healthy..and colorful!

Faiza Ali said...

WOW !! healthy and colorful salad .

Rachana said...

A very healthy and colourful Salad, would love to have some:)

Vrinda said...

i dont eat sald much,but this one sounds gr8 with my fav avocado...

Mangala Bhat said...

wow!very colorful and healthy dish!

Poornima Nair said...

The salad looks so tempting with all the colors. Happy Republic Day!

Sunitha said...

Beautiful colors and great recipe.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

very colourfull....

Namitha said...

eyecandy !! Lovely clicks too :-)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful... another wonderfully healthy recipe from you!! Thanks. Peace, Stephanie

Mythreyi Dilip said...

Awesome and healthy salad, very colorful!!!

simplyfood said...

Healthy, colourful and simply delicious.

Anu Nandu said...

This salad is so attractive it should have its own show on tv! Wow - ravishing salad!

Priya Suresh said...

Eyecatching, tempting salad..

ruchikacooks said...

Happy Republic Day!

The colors are so vibrant that it pops out! Simple and healthy.

Anonymous said...

wow, this is simply awesome..love the ingredients and the colour..even for someone who hates veggies, will go for it witht eh colours

Padma said...

Colorful and healthy salad.

Siddhi Shirsat said...

wow awesome healthy, tasty n very colourful salad

Hayley said...

Fresh and colourful with mouthwatering taste..

Swathi said...

A healthy colorful salad, I like to take a bit through photograph

iRaw said...

What a lovely salad! It looks delicious.

AdukalaVishesham said...

wow what a colorful and healthy salad... we too have put one mixed bean salad do check out when you get time...

Nandinis food said...

Beautiful healthy salad! This is my kind of salad :)

Perspectivemedley said...

wooow... the salad looks perfect and so so colorful :):).. sounds delicious :):)

Unknown said...

beautiful colour..am sure its delicious...

Sarah Naveen said...

Healthy and yummy!!! Just perfect for my Weekdays..

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

healthy and colurful one and even i too like to have this as lunch.

Unknown said...

I love avocado and beans in my salads. Looks appetizing n colorful!

Unknown said...

You could send this to Show Me Your Salad event if you like.

Rekha shoban said...

colourful and healthy salad!

Priya Narasimhan said...

treat to the taste buds as well as the eyes.

Spice said...

Nice color combo perfect for republic day celebration...

Raks said...

Looks so colourful and inviting,I love anything with corn in it!

Deepa G Joshi said...

wow, lovely colorful salad, full of nutrition.

PJ said...

oh wow, this is sure my kind of salad! healthy, delicious and filling. nice pairings of avocado with corn, gives it that southwestern flavor that I so adore!

Katy ~ said...

Beautiful combination of ingredients with a ton of eye appeal, lots of good nutrition. Well done!

Shri said...

Lovely color!

Padmajha said...

Delicious salad-a treat fort eh tastebuds and the senses!!Thanks for the entry

Siri said...

Thanks for sending such a colorful salad as an entry to the event :)

Siri

 
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