Fiesta Cucumber-Corn Salad

EdsGirlAngie's Note:

Fat-free, healthy, crunchy, spicy - and sooo easy! This is so good as a salad to accompany Mexican food - but it does pack a peppy punch of its own.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 cucumber , seeded and chopped (not peeled)
• 1 (8 ¾ ounce) can whole kernel corn , drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can stewed tomatoes , drained and chopped
• ½ cup green bell pepper , chopped
• ½ cup red bell pepper , chopped
• 4 teaspoons white wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 clove garlic , minced
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• ¼-½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Toss together all ingredients in a glass bowl.
2. Cover and chill at least half an hour before serving (I like it to sit in the refrigerator overnight, stirring occasionally.).

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This was a wonderful refreshing salad we enjoyed for dinner tonight. The only change I made was to use fresh lemon juice instead of vinegar and I used 3 fresh tomatoes(large) instead of stewed ones. I didn't use any garlic in this. This recipe is a keeper!! Thanks again!

[Chef #1498087]

Great recipe, I changed it a little because I had an extra little while. I used my bbq grill and cooked fresh corn on the cob and the bell peppers until they were slightly blackened. I then rapidly cooled them on ice and cut the corn off the cob and cut the peppers up.

I used four cobs of corn (roasted on bbq), two cucumbers, two fresh tomatoes (seeded and cut), 1 bunch cilantro (diced), 1 and a half teaspoons crushed cumin, one green and two red bell peppers (roasted on the BBQ and diced) two Tablespoons vinegar, one and a half tablespoons of crushed fresh garlic (next time I will try to roast a few cloves instead of buying a jar of crushed garlic) and one teaspoon red pepper flakes (you may want to cut that to 3/4).

serve with some meat BBQed, something sweet like corn bread and butter with a watermelon as desert. We had four adults, three teen agers and three kids. It was a huge hit and there were leftovers that everyone wanted to save.

[loricrenshaw]

We really liked this salad. It was super easy to make and really quick to put together. I didn't have any white wine vinegar so I substituted red wine vinegar. Also I used a can of petite diced tomatoes instead of stewed. Could have used a bit more cumin for my taste, but otherwise this was perfect. I can see this being a summer staple in our house. Thanks!