Corn and Grilled Chicken Confetti Salad with Lime, Honey and Cilantro Vinaigrette

After becoming totally obsessed with Pinterest and being inspired by so many delicious summer salad recipes - I couldn’t wait to come home on Monday and whip up this confetti salad. It was so refreshing and satisfying. Cory had a huge bowl of it topped with blue cheese, the kids enjoyed theirs with pieces of hot and buttery garlic bread and I enjoyed mine with a side of sliced cucumbers. I love easy dinner nights. Especially in the summertime.

The recipe is below. Serves 4.

Ingredients:

For Salad:

2 ears of steamed white corn, kernels removed {or you could use frozen, thawed}

2 pieces of grilled chicken breasts, diced into small pieces

1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper

1/4 cup chopped green red pepper

1 small tomato finely chopped

1 avocado diced fairly small

2 green onions finely diced

For Dressing:

1 lime, juiced

2 tablespoons of honey

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar

2 teaspoons granulated garlic

2 tablespoons chopped cilantro {fresh is good, I only had freeze-dried on hand}

½ teaspoon paprika

½ teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Salt and pepper to taste.

Make your dressing first:

{Start with juicing your lime in a small bowl.  I like to squeeze and twist in a fork at the same time to get all of the juice.}

{Round up your spices and herbs.}

{To the bowl of lime juice, add your honey and your seasoning.}

{Add the vinegar and olive oil.}

{Whisk this really well until the oil is combined and set aside while you chop your veggies. }

{Gather your fresh veggies.  You can really get creative here and add in whatever you have on hand! :)}

{In a large bowl, start to add your veggies. I quickly steamed my corn and then removed the kernels from the cob.  You could also just throw in some thawed frozen kernels.}

{I already had a bowl of grilled chicken breasts in the fridge - I sliced then diced them really small.  You want the size of everything in the salad to be somewhat uniform.}

{Finely diced green pepper goes in the bowl.}

{... and red pepper.}



{Slice your green onion and add them to the party.}



{Add in a nice and sweet small tomato.}

{And diced avocado.  Of course!}

{Mix all of your veggies in the bowl and you will have a pretty confetti salad.}

{Mix your dressing once more an pour it over the veggies.  Add salt and pepper and give it a good mix.}

{Put it in a pretty bowl and serve!}

Click HERE to get the printable recipe.

xoxo, thanks for reading! ♥