Chopped Mexican Salad With Roasted Peppers Corn Tomatoes Avocado Food

MEXICAN CHOPPED SALAD WITH HONEY LIME DRESSING

Steps:

• Mix together the lime juice, olive oil, honey, cumin, salt, and pepper to make the honey lime dressing.
• Prep all the ingredients for the salad.
• Toss together all the ingredients with the dressing or arrange in a bowl and drizzle dressing on top.

CHOPPED MEXICAN SALAD WITH ROASTED PEPPERS, CORN, TOMATOES, AND

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425-degrees. Line baking sheet with foil. Drizzle 1 tablespoon oil over peppers and corn, rubbing in to vegetables. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast peppers about 20 minutes. Turn corn occasionally throughout cooking time. After roasting cut corn off cob and scrape skin off peppers. Dice peppers.
• To make dressing, mince garlic and combine with salt to make a paste. Whisk with ingredients (lime juice through cumin). Slowly add oil, season with salt and pepper to taste.
• To assemble salad, artfully arrange corn, peppers, tomatoes, jicama, avocado, and black beans in stripes or piles on medium to large platter. Sprinkle with cilantro. The salad dressing may be drizzled onto salad before serving or you may serve separately, allowing each guest to top their salad with the dressing individually.

CORN AND AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the corn for 3 minutes until the starchiness is just gone. Drain and immerse the corn in ice water to stop the cooking and to set the color. When the corn is cool, cut the kernels off the cob, cutting close to the cob, and place them in a large bowl.
• Toss the avocados with the lemon juice and add them to the bowl with the corn. Add the tomatoes, red peppers, onion, jalapeno peppers and lime zest to the bowl.
• Whisk the lime juice, olive oil, 2 teaspoons kosher salt, black pepper, garlic, and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl and pour over the vegetables. Toss well. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.