This light, plant-based summer salad celebrates grilled corn and colorful easter egg radishes. Dressed with an oil-free combination of fresh lime juice and chili powder. A great recipe for CSA and farmer’s market produce!
How do I Choose the Best Corn?
When choosing fresh corn on the cob, you want to look, feel, smell for optimal selection:
- Look: Look for dark green, moist husks that wrap tightly around the ear of corn. Avoid slimy or black silks — look for silks that golden or light tan.
- Feel: Gently feel the kernels through the husk and try to find ears that have big, firm kernels all the way to the tip. This is a sign the corn was picked at its peak ripeness
- Smell: Nosedive into the silks at the tip of ear of corn. It should smell fresh, grassy, slightly sweet, and, well, a bit corny. Avoid anything that smells moldy or funky.
Watch this Video to Learn More:
What are Easter Egg Radishes?
Easter egg radises are a colorful blend of red, white, and purple radishes that ripen early in the season, usually in the spring. They have a light, crisp texture, perfect for adding some crunch to salads and slaw. Unlike other radishes (like watermelon, daikon, or red radishes), Easter Egg radishes are much milder in flavor.
Besides this crunchy salad, Easter Egg radishes are great as a crunchy topping for tacos, cucumber hummus boats, or dippers for Spinach Basil “Get your Greens” Hummus.
Chef Katie’s Plant-Based Cooking Tips
Too Much Spice? If you’re not a fan of spicy or smoky flavor, drop the chili powder. You can substitute with sweet paprika or just omit completely.
Not Corn Season? This recipe celebrates the sweet, delicious flavor of fresh summer corn, during the height of the season. However, you can make it year-round, using frozen corn kernels. For the roasted flavor, roast the kernels in a 425F oven for 8 minutes, until golden brown.
Radish Variations: This salad holds up really well, even after a few days. For more variety, experiment with different radishes. Watermelon radishes, French breakfast radishes, and purple heirloom radishes offer beautiful color. Black radishes add an extra spicy kick.
Grilled Corn and Easter Egg Radish Salad
You’ll love this recipe for Grilled Corn and Easter Egg Radish Salad. It’s:
- Whole foods, plant-based
- Oil-free, vegan
- Low-calorie, low-fat
- Great way to use CSA boxes and farmer’s market produce
- Simple and fresh
- Ready in under 30 minutes
- Perfect for picnics and dinner parties
Grilled Corn and Easter Egg Radish Salad
Ingredients
- 3 ears Sweet Corn
- 5 Easter Egg Radishes
- 2 Scallions sliced
- 2 tablespoons Cilantro
- 1 Lime juiced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
Instructions
- To grill the Corn: Preheat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat. Shuck the corn and remove the silks, if needed. Grill the corn for 15 minutes, rotating every 5-7 minutes, until golden brown on most of the ears. Remove from the grill and set aside to cool a few minutes. You can prepare the rest of your salad ingredients while the corn cools
- To make the Easter Egg Radish Salad: Scrub the radishes and trim off the bottoms. Using a mandolin slicer, hold the small green stem end of one radish and carefully slice the radish. Repeat with remaining radishes.
- Slice the scallions and chop the cilantro. In a large bowl, combine the radish slices, scallions, cilantro, and chili powder. Juice the lime into the bowl.
- When the corn is cool enough to handle, carefully cut the kernels off of the cobs. Combine the corn kernels with the sliced radish mix. Toss well, and serve.
Notes
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/6 recipe (about 3/4 cup)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 45.57
Calories From Fat (13%) 5.96
% Daily Value
- Total Fat 0.71g 1%
- Saturated Fat 0.16g <1%
- Cholesterol 0mg 0%
- Sodium 9.42mg <1%
- Potassium 167.51mg 5%
- Total Carbohydrates 10.31g 3%
- Fiber 1.57g 6%
- Sugar 3.19g
- Protein 1.75g 4%
- Calcium 8.57mg <1%
- Iron 10.11mg 56%
- Vitamin A 371.21IU 7%
- Vitamin C 0.66mg 1%
Shopping and Gear List
- Salt-Free Chili Powder, 16 Oz
- Calphalon Square Grill Pan
- Kyocera Advanced Ceramic Adjustable Mandoline Vegetable Slicer w/ Handguard-Red
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