Today's grativibe is about all the delicious sweet corn this time of year.
Opening Day is a holiday at our house. We take the day off, dress according to the forecast (rain, shine, snow - we've done it all), meet up with friends, and enjoy baseball once again in Pittsburgh. It's a party that lasts all day. We haven't missed the home opener in, wow, I don't even know how long. It's a lotta years.
Baseball season this year, like so many other things, came to a screeching halt before it had a chance to begin. We did have the unforeseen good fortune to make our annual trek to Spring Training in Florida, before the COVID-19 virus shut it all down.
We go every year with our friends, Amy, Betsy, and Bert. Due to work schedules, we were forced to plan our vacation a couple weeks earlier than we typically do. None of us was too happy about it at the time. However, we had amazing weather and got to see other friends who were there at the same time. Hindsight being 20/20 and all, it's funny how things work out.
The originally scheduled home opener came and went, the ball park quiet, our tickets unused. We waited in quarantine while the MLB figured out a way to salvage the season. We wondered if we'd already seen in Florida all the baseball there was to see this year.
When the Pirates finally played their first game of the season, we social-distance tailgated in Bert & Betsy's driveway.
The Pirates had 10 hits (and still lost). Team Kim & Doug had a one-hit win with this salad.
Southwest Summer Salad
Ingredients
- 3 romaine hearts, chopped
- 3 ears fresh sweet corn, husked and kernels cut from cob
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, quartered
- ½ red onion, chopped
- 3 ounces cotija cheese, crumbled
- 1 recipe Avocado Ranch Dressing
Instructions
- Prep all ingredients as directed in ingredients list.
- Place ⅓ of the romaine in a serving bowl. Top with ⅓ of the corn, peppers, tomatoes, onion and cheese.
- Repeat two more times to create three layers of salad.
- Serve with Avocado Ranch Dressing.
- Enjoy!
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