Sweet Summer Salad

One of my absolute favorite things about summer...

SALADS!

And boy, do I have a tasty one for you...

simple known as...

"Sweet Corn Salad."

This salad will feed about 4 people, so if you need more - 

DOUBLE it.

Start with 4 ears of sweet corn.

Put them in boiling water for about 4-5 minutes.

Cut up 1 large cucumber.

Cut up about 1/2 cup of green onions.

Finely chop 1 jalepeno, and about 1/4 cup of fresh cilantro.

Also chop 3 tomatoes.

Once your corn is cooked and cooled...

 cut the kernels off the cob.

(Cutting the corn off the cob always takes me back to the 4th grade, when I had braces -

and my dad always had to cut the kernels off, so they wouldn't get 

stuck in my braces! LOL )

Next...

Find a really great "White Balsamic" vinegar.

I really, really like the kind from Marzetti.

OR - you can make your own.

You'll need:

1.) 4 tablespoons of white balsamic vinegar

2.) 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

Add to the veggie mixture.

Add salt and pepper.

Toss together, and pop in the fridge for 2 hours to marinate.

So pretty, right?!

You can eat the salad EXACTLY like it is...

or put it over a bed of fresh mixed greens.

I took my salad outside, because the weather is FINALLY

feeling like summer in Wisconsin.

A few great magazines...

... and my iPod with my summer tunes :)

Perfect little lunch.

Summertime 2011 Playlist

"Hey, Hey, Hey" - Michael Franti & Spearhead

"Summer Girl" - Leighton Meester

"Shake It" - Michael Franti & Spearhead

"Brighter than the Sun" - Colbie Caillat

"The Lazy Song" - Bruno Mars

"Days Go By" - Keith Urban

"Good Life" - OneRepublic

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Straight No Chaser

"Running on Sunshine" - Jesus Jackson

"Ants Marching" - Dave Matthews Band

"Perfect Day" - Lady Antebellum

"One Love" - Bob Marley

"Hope" - Shaggy

"Boys of Summer" - Don Henely

"Dog Days Are Over" - Florence + The Machine

"Come Sail Away" - Styx

"Heat of the Moment" - Asia

"Rumour Has It" - Adele