Looking for ways to use up that sweet summer corn? Look no further! This simple Mexican Corn Salad hits all the right notes: lots of veggies, black bean for protein, and a nice citrusy dressing; it’s the perfect light side, taco filling, or appetizer with chips for all your summer cookouts, BBQs, or potlucks.
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Taco bar
For Easter we had a (not so traditional) taco bar with fajita veggies and this easy to make Mexican Corn Salad! It’s always a hit – young and old. Vegan, meat eater, gluten-free, everyone loves it!
Taco Bar Menu
When we host Easter we always do a taco bar.
Here’s my detailed menu for when we have about 40 people coming.
And, if you’re hosting a taco bar party of any kind, here’s my tips and tricks with links to tons of great recipes!
Dan grilled up a big ol’ mess of fajita veggies and carne asada. We had rice and beans, cheese, lettuce, salsa, guacamole, tortillas. Tons of yummy stuff!
And, I thought it was really wonderful that all of the family got into the Mexican theme as well. Teri even made guacamole deviled eggs! They were so yummy!
One of the things I made for the Easter Taco Bar was this easy to make Mexican Corn Salad.
Corn Salad
I really like the bright light salad at the Easter table. It was great on my tacos.
I loved dipping chips into it and eating it like a dip. It could be a salsa or a salad.
Variations on the recipe
Super flexible. Serve it how you’d like. If you had fresh summer corn on the cob, you could grill that and cut the kernels off the cob for a fun smokey taste to your salad. No black beans at home? Switch ’em out for kidney beans or white beans. Don’t like zucchini, use cucumbers. Well, I think you get the idea.
Fits lots of different diets
And, it fits with lots of different eating requirements. It’s vegan, vegetarian, colorful, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, filled with veggies, good for you, and super yummy!
I didn’t really count how many servings it made because it was on the table for anyone to eat, so I’ve guesstimated it in the recipe.
Tostada with Mexican Corn Salad
Later I’ll be bringing you a tostada made with this Mexican Corn Salad. See the picture below.
You can click on the picture or the link above to get to the tostada recipe.
“Traditional” Easter taco bar with Mexican Corn Salad
I hope your Easter was great! Have you ever tried a non-traditional holiday gathering like this?
How did it go? I’d love to hear your stories!
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Mexican Corn Salad Recipe
Mexican Corn Salad
Ingredients
- 3 cups frozen corn defrosted
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 cup red onion chopped
- 1 can 15 ounce black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 medium zucchini chopped
- large handful fresh cilantro leaves chopped
DRESSING
- 3 tablespoons olive oil or light tasting oil of your choice
- juice of 2 limes
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt more or less to taste
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Place veggies in a large serving bowl, and lightly toss to combine. Toss in chopped cilantro.
- Whisk the dressing ingredients together or shake in a tightly sealed jar. Adjust the seasonings to taste, and add the dressing to the veggie mixture. Lightly toss to coat. Enjoy!
This sounds and looks awesome!
Can I just say that I want a taco bar at my next easter shindig? What a great idea! I introduced the idea of a “world christmas” last year where we choose the country and cook the food from that region. I always find it makes for a less stressful and more relaxed celebration!
And I need to make this! I love all of those flavours. Super zingy and fresh.
What a fun Christmas idea! I love it! Whenever I host Christmas or Thanksgiving I try to do something a little different. I think I might try World Christmas. Sounds like fun! 🙂
This looks really light and delicious and I love that you added zucchini to it! perfect!
This looks really yummy Debi 🙂 Nice and simple too!
This looks delicious Debi. Taco bars are great whenever you have a large group to feed. This salad is fresh and would be great with or without tacos. PInning and stumbling.
That looks so fresh and yummy! It’d be great with a summer barbecue.
Great salad for a bbq and weekend get together. Thanks for sharing at The Southern Special
This looks great! Thanks for linking it up to the Southern Special! Don’t forget that you need to link it back to the blog that you linked up with! =)
yep, sure did link back! That’d be Spatulas on Parade. Thanks.
absolutely gorgeous salad!
I love the picture! It looks like such a bright and light salad. yum!
Oooh…Love this Debi
What a lovely colourful salad!
This is literally one of the best things I’ve had since I went vegan. Fantastic!
Fantastic! Colorful, flavorful and totally healthy goodness!
This is such a gorgeous salad, perfect for grilling season! Thanks for sharing with us at Simple Supper Tuesday.
This looks absolutely amazing….I could eat a big ole bowl of it right now! Thank you so much for linking up at Party in Your PJs!
vegan, vegetarian, colorful, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, filled with veggies—- How awesome is that??? I hit the jackpot here! We are always looking for something more healthy!!!
Came across this as we prepare for our fajita bar for Easter this weekend. Such a great idea!