Southwest Corn Salad with Honey Lime Dressing

Farm fresh sweet corn is the star of this Southwest Corn Salad with Honey Lime Dressing. It has so much flavor and crunchy goodness from all the veggies plus it super nutritious!

Ingredients

Dressing:
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 2 Tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• dash of cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 garlic clove (crushed & minced)
• 3 Tablespoons olive oil
• salt and fresh cracked pepper

Salad:
• 2 ears fresh corn
• 1 medium bell pepper (diced)
• 1/2 red onion (diced)
• 1 tomato (diced)
• 1 1/2 cup red leaf lettuce or romaine (chopped about 1")
• 1 cup black beans (rinsed till the water runs clear)
• 2 tablespoons cilantro

Instructions

Dressing:
1. In a small bowl combine lime juice, honey, cumin, chili powder, garlic, olive oil salt, pepper and whisk. Set aside in fridge to let ingredients marry together.

Salad:
1. Slice the cooked cooled corn kernels off close to the cob. Combine with diced bell pepper, red onion, tomato, lettuce and rinsed black beans. Toss to mix well using 2 forks, top with cilantro and drizzle slowly with honey lime dressing.

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