Name: Avocado Black Bean and Corn Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: French, American
Ingredients: 3 Avocados cleaned and cubed; 2 cups or more of Black beans (either freshly made or canned drained); 3 Boiled fresh ears of corn cut off the cob; 3 cups of grape tomatoes sliced in half or plum tomatoes chopped; 2 cucumbers seeded and cubed; Optional 1 cup of any or each: other beans like chickpeas or cannellini, chopped olives, sliced fresh mushrooms, chopped green chilies or bell peppers, chopped red onion; Dressing:; 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice; extra virgin olive oil; salt, and pepper to taste; chopped fresh Italian parsley or cilantro; 2 teaspoons finely minced garlic; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 1 teaspoon honey

Avocado, Black Bean, and Corn Salad is a gluten-free vegan recipe that is bursting with fresh and colorful flavors!

Set up a salad bar for picky eaters and choose a wide selection below to let them build their own salad bowl, just check out our huge selection list for salad mixins below

This is a delicious side dish that goes great at any picnic or summer meal.

It keeps great prepared even the day before and adds the dressing just before serving.

This is perfect for all in one bowl side dish for your family picnic, events and holiday get together's.

You may also like to try our favorite Bruschetta with Avocado and Chicken on top it's so good!

Just remember to keep it healthy use dressing sparingly we do try to serve it seperate and just dip your fork into it lightly to keep those calories down.

this is a bowl of Tex Mex style salad with black beans, chopped tomato, cubed cucumbers, shucked corn off the cob, avocado with a lime dressing this is almost like having an avocado and black bean salsa

Easy to prepare

You can either make the beans fresh or canned but rinse all that salt off first.

I usually put my dried package of black beans in the slow cooker overnight and in the morning they are perfectly cooked.

Remember this recipe is just a guideline on quantities. Add more or less to the group of folks you entertaining.

With a large crowd, I usually double this recipe and keep half in the refrigerator undressed and add it to the bowl when it's almost gone.

It keeps it fresh like I just made it, instead of mushy vegetables from the dressing being on it too long.

Other Additions:

dried cranberries
raisins, dates, chopped figs
pecans, walnuts, cashews, pine nuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, pistachios, sunflower seeds pumpkin seeds
bean sprouts
fresh pear slices blueberries, raspberries apples chopped, mandarin oranges, mango diced, papaya chunks, grapes, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe,
green, black, pimento olives, crinkled Italian black olives
jalapenos or any kind of peppers diced IE: bell diced peppers, hot peppers pepperoncini
tuna, salmon canned drained
boiled chicken or leftover boneless meats
broil fish like shrimp or any kind of hearty
garbanzo beans, white beans, red bean
green beans, french beans
grilled vegetables IE asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, beets, artichoke hearts, or hearts of palm
feta cheese, blue cheese, long strands of parmesan, asiago, goat cheese Swiss cheese
cooked brown rice, cooked orzo, quinoa, millet, wheat berries
shredded fresh zucchini, yellow squash
grated cooked sweet potatoes
celery, julienned carrots, pickled jarred vegetables, radishes

Set up a salad bar station for picky eaters!

As I said some guests can't eat some of the vegetables in the salad, or just don't like them.

I get a large platter and choose quite a few from my suggestions above and let them build their own, it's great when hosting a party.

I also will have other dressings handy Homemade blue cheese, Greek, Thousand Island, Ranch and Parmesan Creamy Dressing.

We have many picky eaters along with family members who can't digest some of the skins on the vegetables.

this is a bowl of Tex Mex style salad with black beans, chopped tomato, cubed cucumbers, shucked corn off the cob, avocado with a lime dressing

Check out more of my delicious salad recipes:

Roasted Beet Salad

Fancy Salad Greens with Goat Cheese

Butternut Squash and Arugula Salad

Avocado and Chickpea with Feta Salad

Watermelon Basil Salad

We are all Big Fans Of All Kinds of Salads and the Fixin's

Lucky for me, everyone loves avocados. Salads are always on our dinner table.

I am a big black bean fan and this is kind of like a salsa salad.

Adding any of the other suggestions above to the avocado with black bean and corn salad is an even bigger bonus for everyone;

Just remember you can mix it all together, I chose to keep it all separated to please everyone.

It gives me the freedom of having everything we love in one big bowl easy to eat, especially the corn!

The lime dressing is the perfect combination for flavors in any of the California style, Southwestern, or Tex Mex salads.

This Avocado and Black Bean Corn Salad are almost like having an avocado black bean salsa!