Mexican Corn Salad

This Healthy Mexican Corn Salad is just 152 calories for 1 cup, and it can be made ahead for meal prepping and party prepping.

This corn side dish also has healthy swap for a creamy corn salad recipe… should you want it creamy (there are two versions to this Mexican street corn salad recipe!)

This healthy corn side dish is fresh and delicious and the best summer corn recipe!

Try this recipe for Mexican corn salad as a “make ahead” BBQ side dish, or add it to your weekly meal prep lunches or atop salads. It’s so yummy you’ll want to eat leftovers (if you even have any) cold right out of the fridge.

This Healthy Mexican Corn Salad is just 152 calories for 1 cup…

Mexican Corn Salad

This article will supply you with everything you’ll need to make a corn salad Mexican recipe.

From a shopping list, to a printable guide. You’ll find ingredient swaps and modifications to make this Mexican corn salad recipe 5 different ways, and more in the sections below.

To make this healthy corn salad easy, we’ve supplied you with the following sections.

Read through them for helpful resources, or skip ahead to the recipe card.

What You’ll Find in this Article:

• Grilled Corn Salad Ingredients (shopping list!)
• How to Make Corn Salad Recipes
• Low Calorie Mexican Corn Salad (recipe card!)
• Nutrition and Calories in Corn Salad Mexican Style
• FAQ – Corn Salad Q&A

Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.

Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in my email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin these corn side dishes to Pinterest so it is safely stored for you.

Up next, a shopping list and modifications for these healthy side dishes with corn…

Grilled Corn Salad Ingredients

This fresh corn salad can be made many different ways… before we share the shopping list, check out these modifications to change the ingredients.

More Ways to Make Summer Corn Salad Recipes:

1. Take out the spice – skip the jalapeño and use bell pepper instead
2. Make it vegan – swap the cheese of your favorite crumbly vegan cheese or nutritional yeast
3. Creamy corn salad – add in the Greek Yogurt (or vegan cashew yogurt) for a creamy corn salad
4. Frozen corn – frozen will work, just be sure to thaw first (and look for the grilled frozen corn!)
5. Skip cotija cheese – feta will work if you can’t find or don’t like this Mexican cheese

Shopping List for Roasted Corn Salad:

• Lime
• Homemade Taco Seasoning (or store-bought)
• Cilantro 
• 0% Greek Yogurt (optional – for creamy salad)
• Grilled corn
• Red onion 
• Jalapeño 
• Cotija cheese 

Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of low calorie corn side dish recipe you want to make. It will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for this corn salad summer recipe can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.

Up next, how to make easy corn side dishes Mexican street style…

How to Make Corn Salad Recipes

This easy corn salad recipe Mexican dish is easy and delicious. And a wonderful way to use up leftover corn on the cob!

The next time you grill corn, make a few extra ears and place in the fridge. Then you’ll have them ready to make this yummy corn salad recipe the next day!

Follow these directions to make roasted corn for salad… Low Calorie Grilled Corn on the Cob Recipe

How to Make Corn Salad Summer Recipes:

1. In a medium bowl zest the lime, then juice the lime. Add in the taco seasoning and cilantro (and yogurt if making a creamy corn salad) and let marinate while you put the corn salad together.
2. To a large bowl combine the grilled corn (removed from the cob of course), the red onion, jalapeño, and cheese.
3. Pour the corn salad dressing over the top and mix well.
4. Serve warm or cover and chill in the fridge for 3-4 hours.

Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!

Up next, a sharable recipe card for the best side corn dishes…

Low Calorie Mexican Corn Salad Recipe

This homemade corn salad recipe is easy and delicious… and thanks to the Ingredient Section (above) you can make it 5 different ways!

You can have 1 cup of this low calorie corn salad for just 152 calories! That’s a big serving!!

Tips for Leftover Corn Salad:

• Add to salads – These Meal Prep Salad Jars would be great with corn salad in place of corn!
• Use as meal prep – Add 1/2 cup to this Meal Prep Chicken Burrito Bowl!
• Add to breakfast – These Low Calorie Breakfast Burritos would be super yummy with 1/4 cup of leftover Mexican corn!

Nutrition and Calories in Corn Salad Mexican Style

A note on carbs in corn salads… You can’t avoid them, corn has carbs. But please do note the ingredients above.

All the carbs come from vegetables, and here at Lose Weight By Eating our goal is to make healthier versions of your favorite dishes. Not to mold to specific diets that happen to be in fashion right now…

And with that said, this recipe perfectly fits into the super easy (and always free) Lose Weight By Eating Weight Loss Plan! Which has helped thousands of people lose weight, while eating the foods they love (including carbs!)

FAQ – Corn Salad Q&A

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