Grilled corn salad bowl with beluga lentils, quick pickled onions, avocado, chili, arugula, pine nuts and fresh basil. Everything you have ever dreamed about comes together in this flavour and texture-packed salad. It’s just the perfect healthy and filling summer dish.
For me nothing says summer like corns. Growing up I spent half of my summer vacations at my grandparents’ place and we ate cooked or baked or grilled corn almost everyday. Sometimes at home but mainly at the beach. It was just the coolest thing ever! Still now I could eat corn probably every summer day, but unfortunately it’s just not how things work….but whenever I feel a bit nostalgic I get some corn and it makes me instantly happy. Especially when it comes with such a beautiful salad.
I have recently posted the recipe for my favourite quick pickled onions, which are so yummy in this salad bowl! Not to mention the pretty pink colour which makes any salad super appetizing!
Grilled Corn Salad Bowl
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 2 ears fresh corn
- 1/2 cup of beluga lentils
- 1/2 cup of quick pickled onions
- 1 avocado
- 4 handful of arugula
- 1/4 cup of toasted pine nuts
- 1 fresh chili
- 10 basil leaves
- 2 limes
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Cook lentils for 15-20 minutes until tender but not falling apart. Drain and let cool a bit.
- Meanwhile break corns in half and grill them in a grill pan until kernels are tender and start to get a bit brown. It takes 15-20 minutes too.
- Slice avocados and chop chili and basil finely.
- Add arugula, basil, corns, lentils, avocado, onions, pine nuts and chili to a big bowl (or 2 or 4 bowls), drizzle lime juice and olive oil on top, then season with salt and pepper. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Salad
Ahhhh, Evi your photography is so beautiful! That’s so sweet that you have such lovely memories of eating grilled corn with your grandparents. My nana used to make neenish tarts which are like a white and dark chocolate tart thingy and I have fond memories of going to her house and eating them all the time… so when I see them now I always think of her! Then there are the negative food associations.. like my dad’s weird pork sandwiches ahahahahah. Anyway, this is such a colourful and inviting bowl of goodness! yum!!!
Thank you so much, Hannah! ❤️
I really don’t know why, but I have the sweetest food memories with my grandparents. Probably because they always made my favourite food when I was there…hahaha….but those neenish tarts sound great too! I have never heard of them before, but they look super cute 🙂
This looks so delicious! Will definitely try something like this in the weekend, thanks for the link to the pickled onions!
Thanks, Sofia! 🙂
Grilled corn is one of my favorite ways to eat corn! Your salad bowl looks incredible, Evi. I wish I was packing this for lunch today. 🙂
Thank you, Julie!
Yes, grilled corn is the best!!
Absolutely gorgeous and inspiring!
Thanks, Emma!
What a mouthwatering salad, Evi! I crave corn too… and am waiting patiently for fresh local corn to come in. I have some beluga lentils in the pantry that I’ve not used, so this is the perfect way to enjoy them! Delicious recipe, with gorgeous, inspiring photography! Thank you for this!
Thank you so much, Traci!
I am lucky, they have already fresh corn here 🙂
Heck yes. This is so CORNY and I love it… hehe, I had to. Looks super clean and delicious – lovely!
Thanks, Alison ❤️
You’re so right,Evi! Believe it or not, but I’ve been dreaming about this salad, haha! I do love every single ingredient in it, and tossed together they all turned to be a delicious summer salad. Good job, indeed!
Thanks, Ben!
I have dreamed about this salad too…okay, actually about the corns 😀
Thank you or so much for sharing
going shoping now for ingred.
Let me know, if you liked it 🙂
Kedves Évi! Annyira örülök,hogy megtaláltam a blogodat! Nagyon szupi receptjeid vannak és vegánként nekem sokszor nincs ötletem,hogy mégis mit készítsek,szóval köszönöm,hogy megosztod ezt a sok finomságot! (Remélem nem baj,hogy magyarul írtam,gondoltam jó látni,hogy magyar követőid is vannak 🙂 )
Szia Villő,
Én is örülök, hogy megtaláltad a blogot és nagyon köszönöm a kedves szavakat!
És tök jó, hogy magyarul írsz, sokszor azt hiszem, hogy anyukámon kívül más magyar nem olvassa a blogot 😀
This might be a stupid question… but how can I pin this recipe?! LOL.
Hi Diana,
Sorry, I had to remove my pin buttons for a while, until I fix something on my site. But it’ll be up again soonish.
Meanwhile here are the links for direct pinning – long and single image.
Have a great day!