A Healthy Mexican Salad With Crosnes Served With Cilantro-Yogurt Dressing

Ingredients:

• Ingredients for Salad:
• 1 cup of corn; if fresh, blanched; if frozen, defrosted and blanched/steamed
• 1/4 cup of feta cheese
• 14 ounces can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup cosnes, roughly chopped or grated jicama
• 1 green bell pepper, roughly chopped
• 1 pound shrimp, deveined and cleaned
• Boston or romaine lettuce, cleaned and torn to pieces
• salt and pepper to taste
• Ingredients for Cilantro-Yogurt Dressing:
• The juice of one lime
• salt and pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons of Greek Yogurt
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
• a dash of Tabasco sauce
• a pinch of smoked paprika
• 1 cup cilantro, finely chopped
• 1 small clove of garlic, minced
• 1 Serrano chili, seeds removed and diced
• Crush red pepper, to taste

Instructions:

1. Making the salad: Toss together all salad ingredients and set aside.
2. Making the Cilantro-Yogurt dressing: Whisk all the ingredients for the Cilantro-Yogurt Dressing together.Set aside.
3. Place salad in a bowl or on a plate. Allow guests to spoon desired amount of Cilantro-Yogurt dressing over their salad.
4. Enjoy.

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