Butter Lettuce and Corn Salad With a Lemon Vinaigrette

This salad has crunch and tenderness plus sweetness with acidity. All the flavor and textures makes for a complex dish with just a few ingredients. For more salad selections you cans see the post I recently shared here {12 salad ideas}.

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butter lettuce and corn salad recipe

Like I stress in all recipes, the fresher your ingredients are, the better the end result of any dish. I use the butter lettuce from our vegetable garden for this recipe which yields a super tender and tasty leaf.

Salad Ingredients

• 1 Head of Butter Lettuce
• 2 Ears of Corn
• 2 Scallions

Salad Instructions

• Wash, spin and trim butter lettuce leaves
• Shuck and cook corn by boiling for 20 minutes
• Once ears of corn are cool enough to handle, cut kernels off the cobb
• Slice scallions
• Assemble lettuce, corn kernels and scallions in a bowl

Dressing Ingredients

• 1/3 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 Tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
• Juice of 1 Lemon
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Mix all salad dressing ingredients in bowl and whisk to emulsify dressing. Toss salad ingredients with dressing and enjoy! Bon Appetite.

butter lettuce and corn salad tips

You could take the extra step and grill your corn after you parboil it, adding an extra layer of flavor. The grill flavor is fabulous, but keep in mind it’s a stronger flavor rather than the tender flavor profile in the original recipe.

This is a great way to use any left over corn. If you use already cooked corn you have on hand, this recipe is a super fast and easy recipe to put together. Perfect for a fast week night dinner.

Since the corn can be considered a starch plus you have the leafy greens all you have to do is pair to with a protein of your choice to complete a main dish. Again this is a fabulous healthy meal you can whip up quickly. It’s super fresh and fairly easy to put together.

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Elsa Schiaparelli

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