Cowboy Caviar - Black Bean & Sweet Corn Salad

This has been one of my favorite salads FOREVER! It's perfect to just eat as is or as a side dish to clean meat... my top two are grilled wild caught salmon or pasture-raised chicken. You can even serve on a bed of greens or just eat with some good tortilla chips (SIETE BRAND!). Chips are the perfect vehicle to get this delicious salad in your mouth! 

I usually double the batch and munch on it for 2-3 days. It's filling, nourishing, and SO delicious! Okay enough chit chat, let's do this... 

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup of organic sweet corn (I grilled three cobs and stripped the corn off) 
• 1 can (15 oz) organic black beans 
• 1 cup loosely packed chopped cilantro 
• 1/2 large organic red pepper chopped
• 1/2 small red onion chopped
• 3 green onions chopped 
• 1 large organic tomato chopped 
• Juice from 3 limes
• 2 Tbps of extra virgin olive oil
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 1 whole avocado (chopped into small pieces and add before serving) 

Directions: 

Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Boom. That's it. Store in a glass, airtight container up to 3 days. I love topping with avocado, just do it right before serving, as it can become slimy... no one likes slimy avocado, right? 

Clean eating is quite simple. It's about eating real, whole food... you know food that looks like it does in nature. Eating the rainbow also provides your body with not only many different nutrients, but antioxidants! It's vital we nourish our body with nutrient-rich food. Food has such a LARGE impact on how we experience the world. It's worth to invest in your food... you are investing in you. 

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In love and health, 

Becky Wells
Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Clean Living Educator & Advocate 
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