rainbow salad with corn, carrots, and tomato

This salad is so brightly coloured you almost need sunglasses to look at the picture above! This gorgeous salad is my part of the Secret Recipe Club. All the blogger participants are assigned, secretly, to one another. This month I have been enjoying the food blog It's Yummy to My Tummy, and I've chosen a recipe from Heather, the mother behind the blog, to recreate here. She called it Shamrock Salsa, but I saw it as more of a side dish salad. I've renamed it in honour of its full spectrum of bright colours.

As a salsa, Heather suggests serving tortilla chips with this. What a great idea; and how much healthier than a grocery store jar of salsa! And as a side dish salad, I suggest serving it with grilled salmon and roasted potatoes at your next backyard BBQ. Or put it on the table to add instant "summer" to your next weeknight meal. And that's not just because you'll be wearing sunglasses to look at it--the vegetables' freshness really shines through. Don't skimp on the cilantro or extra virgin olive oil since they add the zing and fruity flavour that bring it all together.

Rainbow Salad
serves 4 as a side dish
adapted from It's Yummy to My Tummy

You can use frozen corn in this recipe by pouring hot water over it as you begin to prep the other vegetables. Or use fresh or canned corn with no prep required.

for the salad:
1 c (150 g) corn kernels
2 c (about 3 large) grated carrot
3 medium tomatoes, diced
1 long green chilli pepper, diced (ribs and seeds removed for less heat)
1/4 c (15 g) scallions
the leaves of a handful of cilantro, chopped

for the dressing:
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 c (75 ml) extra virgin olive oil
3 T red wine vinegar
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper

Mix the salad ingredients in a large bowl.
Whisk the dressing ingredients together and then pour over the salad.
Toss and serve at room temperature.

See more recipes from the bloggers of The Secret Recipe Club by visiting the links below!

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5. Sugar and Spice Popcorn	6. Chicken Empanadas with Ranchero Ranch Dressing	7. Mexican Chicken Stuffed Shells	8. Shrimp Tacos
9. Spicy Cucumber Salad	10. Snickerdoodle Cupcakes	11. Oatmeal Apple Pie Bars	12. Peaches n’ Cream Cake with Walnuts
13. Spicy Ginger Cashew Chicken	14. Lemon/Garlic Pasta with Mushrooms & Asparagus	15. Watermelon Frozen Yoghurt Popsicle	16. Chicken Tagine with Apricots and Almonds
17. Chocolate Doughnuts	18. Chocolate Coconut Oat Bars	19. Asian Grilled Chicken	20. Grilled Steak Tacos with Cucumber-Avocado Salsa
21. Granola Bars	22. Classic Coconut Cakelets With Mango Curd Filling	23. Amaranth, Goat Cheese, and Chive Frittata	24. Roasted corn muffins with green chili and Parmesan
25. Peaches and Cream Muffins	26. Swiss Chard, Leek & Gruyere Quiche	27. Chicken Frid Rice, White Bread, Zucchini Muffin	28. Seven-Layer Dip
29. Easy Oreo Truffles	30. Almond Joy Coconut Ice Cream	31. Jalapeno Cheddar Bread	32. To Die For Blueberry Muffins
33. Peanut Butter Caramel Brownies	34. Kahlua Brownies	35. Banana Cake Cookies with Chocolate, Walnuts, and C	36. Crunchy Roasted Potatoes and Carrots
37. Spinach, Mushroom and Goat Cheese Pizza	38. Strawberry Crumble Bars	39. Slow Cooked Oatmeal	40. Clifford Bars
41. Pound Cake	42. Black & Blue Tarts and Mushroom and Brie Tart	43. Ultimate Fluffy Pancakes	44. Eggplant Patties
45. Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Sandwiches	46. Grapefruit, Ginger & Honey Flank Steak	47. Stuffed Pizza	48. Home style chicken curry
49. White Chocolate Cheesecakes	50. Fresh Strawberry Banana Muffins	51. Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins	52. Breakfast Cookie
53. Baked Blueberry French Toast	54. Fruit and Yogurt Pardaits with Granola	55. Lemon Pound Cake with Strawberries	56. Mushrooms and Potato Stew
57. Rocky Road Crunch Bars	58. simple almond sandwich cookies	59. Sugar Crusted Vanilla French Toast	60. Strawberry Yogurt No-Bake Cheesecake
61. Maple Pecan Granola	62. Gluten Free Chocolate Cake in a Mug	63. Cherry Clafoutis	64. Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Pie
65. Chocolate, Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seed Cookie	66. Aunt Mary’s Cannoli	67. Crispy Old Bay Sweet Potato Fries	68. Baked Apple Crumble
69. Vanilla Cupcakes with Glossy Chocolate Frosting	70. Homemade Peanut Butter Cups	71. Fruited Bran Muffins	72. Baby Sugar Snap Peas and Mushroom Wild Rice
73. French Toast Casserole	74. Chocolate Chip Cookies	75. Chocolate Drop Cookies	76. Chocolate Zucchini Bread
77. Mango Lassi	78. Quinoa Waffles	79. Nutella-Chocolate Chip Cookies	80. Tabbouleh Stuffed Crusty Avocados
81. Vanilla Pear Jam	82. Tornado Chops with a side of Slaw	83. Cinnabun Cheesecake	84. Cherry Coconut Bars
85. Maple Nut Pear Oatmeal Scones	86. Rosemary and Parmesan Crackers	87. Homemade Pop Tarts	88. Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cookies
89. Cream cheese brownies	90. Homemade Chipotle Salsa	91. Cottage Cheese & Veggie Stir Fry	92. Walnut and Dried Cherry BarsWalnut and Dried Cherr
93. Rainbow Salad	94. Double Chocolate Brownies	95. Berry Yogurt Smoothie	96. Chocolate Chip & Tart Cherry Cookies
97. Raspberry Clafoutis

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