Now. I have to say that if I just spotted this recipe in a magazine, I would probably skim right past it. Seems almost odd when you look at the ingredient list and contrary to the regular players of lime juice, cilantro and tomato, you find things like cider vinegar, lemon juice, and olives. (I know, right?) I don’t even like olives. When I ate this I assumed they were black beans! But people trust me on this one and remember that I never lead you astray. Fight your inner voice trying to tell you that you should substitute all sorts of things and just go with it. I promise you it’s a different and delicious and completely addicting. I took it to a potluck and it vanished at lightning speed. You’ll need corn for this salsa, and you can use canned corn if you’re a fan. I don’t love canned corn so I used some leftover fresh corn cobs we had from the night before. You could also use frozen corn straight from the freezer. My aunt used canned corn when she made it and it was fantastic so go with whatever is easiest. Mix in a big ol’ pile of chopped green onions, and some chopped olives. I actually did go with only a half can of olives, but I could have added the rest in there.
You can dump everything in one bowl, but I mixed up all of the “dressing” ingredients first and then added it because I love to dirty more dishes than necessary. You’ll need olive oil and some apple cider vinegar. If you don’t use Bragg’s, you should! It’s really the best and the flavor difference is pretty substantial in cooking.
Mix those up with some fresh lemon juice, salt, pepper, oregano and garlic. (You can find this little heart whisk in our shop, too!)
Pour that over the corn mixture and mix it up.
I add the avocados last of all so they don’t get too mushed up stirring so much.
Just toss it all together and that’s it.
You can eat it right away, or I like to put it in the fridge for a bit to chill and and let the flavors mellow.
Also, since I’m mentioning a bunch of favorite brands in this post; if you don’t already buy Juanita’s Tortilla Chips, you need to try them. The guy in the grocery check out today told me when people come through his line with other brands of tortilla chips, he judges a little. We had a good laugh and agreed that we needed to spread the Juanitas love. Warm them up in the oven and you might faint.
Try this out at your next get together; it makes a bunch so it serves a crowd!
Thanks to my Aunt Susan Rhondeau for sharing this recipe, that she got from her friend Melanie Robbins, who got it from her friend, Melanie Cowley! Make sure to Pin this one, (hover your mouse over the photos) you’ll want it later!
