Grilled Corn Salad with BBQ Farmers Sausage
This Grilled Corn Salad with BBQ Farmers Sausage is an easy summer dinner or a healthy side dish. Fire up the BBQ and make this grilled corn salad in only 20 minutes. It'll be a huge hit at the table!
I know I've been bombarding you guys with a host of grilled recipes lately, but I just can't help myself. You don't mind, do you? It's just that I can't think of any better way to make dinner in the summer than firing up the grill.
- Everything that spends some time on your grill gets infused with the most delicious smoky flavor.
- You don't have to turn on your oven when it's already a million degrees in your house.
- No dishes! Ok, almost no dishes.
- Everything tastes better grilled.
Speaking of #4 on the list, you really can BBQ just about anything. I normally think of throwing some steaks or smokies on the grill, but all kinds of veggies (like corn!) and even farmers sausage can get a delicious smoky makeover after a few minutes of live fire love.
This grilled corn salad has a little bit of everything I want in a salad:
- Crunchy celery and sweet peppers
- Smoky grilled corn
- Creamy avocado
- A delicious and slightly tangy dressing
- Little bites of flavor packed sausage
I made this recipe to be eaten as a side dish, but it could very easily be eaten as a quick and easy weeknight meal. Picture this: You get home from work. You're hungry. You're tired. Then, 20 minutes later you're sitting on your deck, cold beer in hand and a plate of grilled corn salad in front of you. Awesome, right?!
I recently teamed up with Grimm's Fine Foods, a local Canadian company that offers high-quality meat products, cheeses, snacks and tortillas, and wraps. The idea was to create a few different recipes using some of their products and my BBQ.
I was sent a cooler full of smokies, wieners, and sausages. You guys, I don't even know what to say except, “They were AMAZING!” Sorry for yelling at you like that, but everything I tried was just so frickin' good.
The Farmers Sausage I used in this recipe is super flavourful. If you wanted a little heat with dinner, you could always switch it with Grimm's Jalapeño and Mozzarella Smokies.
You know I'm always going to tell you first about how something tastes, but there is more to Grimm's than just great tasting food.
- Many of Grimm's products are gluten, soy, and lactose-free. This means all your friends and family will be able to enjoy your feast.
- Grimm's uses premium ingredients in their products so you can feel good about what you're eating.
- Grimm's is a Canadian company and, since I'm Canadian too, I think that's pretty awesome.
- They're offering one lucky winner a cooler full of their products AND a BBQ set … how great is that?!!
Have I convinced you yet to try them out?
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Grilled Corn Salad with BBQ Farmers Sausage
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Ingredients
The Dressing
- Zest from 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice, from ¼ orange
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice, from 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon mint, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, pureed
- ½ teaspoon honey
- Sea salt and pepper, to taste
The Salad
- 1 medium red pepper, diced
- 1 medium orange pepper, diced
- ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion
- ½ cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 3 cobs corn
- 4 farmers sausages, sliced into rounds
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 large avocado, diced
Instructions
- Preheat your BBQ to medium-high.
- Place all the dressing ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.Zest from 1 lime, 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice, 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons cilantro, 1 tablespoon mint, 1 teaspoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, ½ teaspoon honey, Sea salt and pepper
- Add the red and orange pepper, the red onion, and the cherry tomatoes to the bowl with the dressing and toss to coat.1 medium red pepper, 1 medium orange pepper, ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion, ½ cup halved cherry tomatoes
- Lightly coat the cobs of corn and farmer sausage in the vegetable oil. Place them both on the BBQ and grill for 10 minutes, turning the sausage rounds once and the corn a few times. Remove them both from the grill.3 cobs corn, 4 farmers sausages, 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- Carefully cut the corn kernels off the cob and add them and the sausage rounds to the salad bowl. Add the avocado and toss to coat everything well.1 large avocado
Wow – doesn’t that look absolutely incredible! Can’t wait to try!
Thank you so much, Gina!
I love all of the colors! Beautiful! Grilled veggies are the best and I love the sausage in there. Looks super yum. 🙂
Thank you so much, Becky!
A perfect late summer salad, love all the corn in your beautiful salad!!
Thank you so much, Tara!
Grilled veggies for pizza (onions, peppers, leeks, zucchini, carrots, beets), grilled fruit (pineapple, peaches), yum!
You’re brilliant … I’ve never grilled veggies for pizza before but I guarantee I will be now!
Pineapple!
I had grilled pineapple for the first time a couple years ago and LOVE it. It’s so good!
This salad looks amazing! Love that you grilled the corn!
Thanks, Kelley!
I love grilled everything! Grilled veggies are the best along with an awesome rare steak.
It’s really hard to go wrong with anything that’s grilled, isn’t it? I just love that smoky taste!
I love to grill liver! Liver is amazing on the bbq. I use a cast iron griddle on the grill to make it.
Liver? Really? I’ve never thought of grilling liver before! I might just have to give that a try now. 🙂
My favorite thing to grill in the summer is definitely marinated vegetables on skewers!
I totally love them too. So smoky and fresh all at the same time!
This salad looks so tasty! The sausage makes it substantial enough to be a meal on its own.
It definitely is! Grimm’s Farmer Sausage is so tasty and I just love little bits of it you get with each bite. 🙂
Wow! Now THIS is a salad! Seriously this just sounds absolutely incredible – and that dressing… perfection!
I love it! Thank you so much! I’m all about salads that you can eat for dinner, and this is definitely one of them. 🙂
Fresh corn is one of the best things about this season, especially after a long day of hard work.
I totally agree with you. I can never get enough of it!
I can’t wait to try this recipe. Farmer’s Sausage is a huge family favorite.
I hope you like it as much as I do!!
Farmer sausage is so great, right?! Have you tried Grimm’s? I really loved theirs!
This corn salad is absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you so much!!
I love grilled corn salad! I usually add black beans and a grilled fruit – yum!
Black beans is a great idea! Tex Mex!
I love this! Ilove corn in the summer!
Me too!! I’ve actually got some in my fridge I’m planning on cooking up this afternoon. 🙂
This sounds so good for a hot weather salad, and I’m in plenty of hot weather. I love corn and avocado’s and everything else really sounds yummy!
It definitely it! I’m loving everything on the grill these days. Anything to avoid turning on the oven lol. 🙂
This salad sounds like the perfect accompaniment to a bbq. Can’t wait to give it a try this weekend!
I’d love to hear what you think of it! I totally loved it. 🙂
Grilled lamb
I love grilled lamb but it’s the one thing I never think of when I’m thinking of what to BBQ. I’m going to have to change that!
Oh no! I just entered, but I’m not Canadian. Woopsies!
Oh shoot … I hate when I do that! I’ll make sure to have a contest for everyone soon!
My fave thing to grill in the summer is peaches! I could eat them all summer long!
I LOVE grilled peaches. I started grilling them only last year (I’m a little slow on the food trends sometimes, lol) and I can’t get over how good they are.
Grilled pineapple!
Grilled pineapples are so good!
Wow Kristen! This salad looks tasty! The color is perfect and I love the ingredients you used. It’s very attractive and gives out great vibes. I love it!
Thank you so much! Summertime cooking always makes me happy … it’s just so much more colourful!
I love grilled chicken
I’ve been eating a lot of grilled chicken lately and I have to agree … it’s delicious. Such simple and tasty dinner. 🙂
Yum! Love grilled corn
Grilled corn has always been a fav of mine too. I can’t get enough of it in the summer!
Great recipe. Have not tried grilling corn but it is now on my list of things to do.
It’s so good! It gives the corn a beautiful smoky flavour and the little charred bits are so yummy.