Roasted Corn Salad by Definitely Delish

by Lizzy W   |   July 27, 2015   |   13 Comments

One of my favorite parts about blogging is the people I meet.  Over the past couple of years, I have met some really talented and incredible bloggers (many online through social media), that I would have never come across had it not been for this hobby of mine.  One of these people is Rich of Definitely Delish.  I came across his Instagram about a year ago, and have been hooked ever since.  His photos and recipe ideas are phenomenal, the love the pours into each write up is inspiring (many about cooking with his lovely wife 🙂 ), and he is one of the kindest, most supportive bloggers I know.  Since he is still in the final stages of finishing his site, I have the honor of having him guest post on my blog!  Enjoy this awesome Roasted Corn Salad recipe from Rich, the start of many to come!!!

One of the things I love most during the Spring, and all the way through to the Fall (don’t get me started on Hot Cider and all things Pumpkin), are all the wonderful Farm Stands and Farmers Markets that pop up just about everywhere near me…

Truly nothing can ever beat the flavor and freshness of your locally produced fruits and vegetables; by buying local you support the towns and neighborhood farmers around you which is, definitely, always a plus…

That’s not to say you can’t ever get something from a larger store of course, sometimes you just need a specialty item you can’t get anywhere else….

For today I decided to play around with one of my favorite summer and fall veggies; that being roasted Corn on the Cob, just the smell is enough to make my mouth water—dip it in melted butter and I’m done for….

But what do you do when you have eaten your fill of that sweet summer corn, again and again, at every farm stand from here to eternity…
Well, if you’re me, you throw together a beautiful and tasty “Summer Salad” of roasted Vegetables of course…..
Now, you can throw this together as quickly and easily as you like-it all depends on how much work you’d like to do and personal taste as well….

To start you’ll need some fresh Vegetables; a large zucchini, a couple of big carrots, two small red onions, a handful of flat leaf parsley, a small red bell pepper or a couple of grape heirloom tomatoes for color and of course the highlight veggie of this dish—the roasted Corn (Yum)…..

Next it’s time to decide whether you want everything grilled or oven roasted, and to what degree. I bought roasted and buttered corn from my favorite farm stand; then flame roasted my onions, pepper, and carrots—the zucchini I kept raw….

Finally I went to town with one of my trusty Shun knives and a vegetable peeler; making ribbons of zucchini and carrots, slicing onions and peppers, and removing all of that delicious corn from the cob….

Tossed everything with handfuls of fresh flat leaf parsley, Champagne Vinaigrette, and then topped it all with some Bulgarian Feta Cheese (oh boy, I could go on and on about the differences between Bulgarian, French, Greek or Domestic Feta without even getting into whether it’s Sheep or Goats milk—just trust me there is a definite difference in flavor and it’s worth doing a little taste testing research, especially if you might have written off feta in the past)….
This ends up as a wonderful sweet, roasty and slightly tangy salad made with all the yummy goodness of the roasted veggies with light and smooth tanginess of the cheese and vinaigrette…..
Another way to keep on enjoying that summer corn, and so Definitely Delish….