LiveSTRONG with a Taste of Yellow 2008: Corn Salad

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May 13, 2008 is LIVESTRONG Day, where different events are held worldwide to raise awareness and funds for the fight against cancer.

Barbara of Winos and Foodies is hosting LIVESTRONG Day event again this year.  It’s a way for food and wine bloggers to show support for those battling cancer.  Last year she organized the event and 149 bloggers participated.  Wow!  Wow!  Wow!  This is what I made last year for the event.  Here is the roundup of 2007 entries.  Check it out when you can, there are a lot of creative and delicious dishes.

Participants are asked to prepare foods in the color yellow.  This year, I put together a corn salad.  I love corn and I love bright food colors.  Needless to say, I like yellow.  For this salad, I mixed corn kernels, red bell peppers, scallions, and cilantro (my favorite! but you can use parsely).  Then I added olive oil, white pepper, Kosher salt and some red pepper flakes (gotta add a little heat!).  Oh, and some fresh lemon juice, I added lemon juice, too.  I love my corn salad — healthy, tasty and colorful yellow.  LIVESTRONG Yellow! 

If you’re interested in participating in this event, it’s not too late.  Please join us.  April 19 is the deadline to submit your entry to Barbara.   Go here for the guidelines.

I have two extra LIVESTRONG wristbands, which I’d be happy to send to anyone who’d like one.  E-mail me if you’re interested.  You can find my addy in the ABOUT section.

Thanks, Barbara, for putting this wonderfully supportive event together.  If you visit Winos and Foodies on May 13, you can see the list of fantastic enteries that Barbara will put together.

Paz