Grab the three best things in your produce section this summer and make this Fresh Corn, Zucchini and Tomato Salad.  Watch the video showing you how to make this salad, then scroll to the bottom of this post and print out the recipe so you can make it at home!

Do you have any friends on that Raw Food Diet? … that diet where you eat all raw foods with the thought that raw food is better for your body? I have to admit- I couldn’t do it. I cook and bake every day, and I kind of like my food cooked!

This Fresh Corn, Zucchini and Tomato Salad, however, may please everyone. It happens to be an *uncooked* vegetable salad, which is the kind of side dish that you wish for on a hot and humid summer day where the thought of turning on the oven or the stove is pretty unbearable.

In that beautiful salad bowl above, none of that is cooked.  If that sounds weird to you, it shouldn’t.  I serve up this salad at summer BBQ’s, and I don’t tell anyone that it’s a raw salad.  And guess what?  They love it!

It all starts with fresh corn.  Visit your local Farmer’s Market and find some gorgeous, fresh sweet corn.  The sweeter and fresher your corn, the better your salad will be.

How to Make Fresh Corn, Zucchini and Tomato Salad:

Shuck your corn and rinse it too, getting as many of the silky strings off as you can.  Cut the corn off the cob.  The best way to do this is to stand it up inside of a deep bowl like this one and use a knife to cut down the sides of the cob. The corn will gather into the bowl.  This avoids the big mess you have when you try to cut the corn on a cutting board where corn kernels splatter everywhere!

Next add diced zucchini (again… raw!)

Then add some halved pear or cherry tomatoes.  This time of year you can find them multi-colored, and they’ll be fresh and sweet too.

And finally, add some slivered fresh basil.

Drizzle in a simple, homemade Honey-Lime Vinaigrette and toss.  Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours to let all of the vegetables get nice and chilled and take on the flavors of that vinaigrette.

Sprinkle with a generous dose of salt and pepper, and serve!

This Fresh Corn, Zucchini and Tomato Salad just so happens to be dairy-free, gluten-free, low-fat and Weight Watcher’s friendly too!  See the recipe below for nutritional details.  And let me know how you like it!

Note:  This recipe was originally published in 2012.  It was edited and re-published in 2018.

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