Light and easy salads that you don’t have to turn on your oven for is what August heat means for me. This one is fast, easy, ready in 10 minutes, and full of Mexican-inspired flavors from the lime-cumin-chili vinaigrette. The vinaigrette perfectly coats tender chunks of avocado, hearty black beans, and juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, and green onions. If you have tomatoes and cucumbers in your garden, this is a great way to showcase them. If you happen to have corn, bell peppers, or queso fresco on hand, they’re great additions.
The vinaigrette is zippy, tangy-yet-sweet, and like all homemade dressings, experiment with it and tweak it based on your palette and preferences. The salad is a marriage of these two salads: Avocado, Black Bean and Corn Salad with Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette and Skinny Mexican Bean and Corn Salad and is perfect for a no-fuss lunch. Or make it as a side dish for dinner served with your other Mexican favorites. From Labor Day to Cinco de Mayo parties, it’s perfect. I like to make the salad 4 to 8 hours in advance and allow it to remain covered in the fridge to help the flavors marry. The avocado may oxidize slightly, although the lime in the vinaigrette helps prevent it, but I’m willing to sacrifice a slight color change for enhanced flavor.
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