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Pasta with fresh white corn, heirloom tomatoes, and herbs

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This is that salad that everyone makes in the summertime. I just love fresh (raw) corn, just off the cob, and summer tomatoes together.  When I want to make it into a heartier main dish or side, I add pasta to it, and perhaps some cheese (crumbled sheep's milk chevre is wonderful in this).

The tomatoes (especially the Green Zebras) were so outstanding that I didn't add cheese to it. I didn't want to take away from their sweetness.  I simply dressed the pasta with olive oil, salt and pepper and tossed it with the tomatoes and corn which I seasoned separately with salt, pepper, olive oil, and a splash of white balsamic vinegar. The final touch was the addition of freshly pick oregano and Italian and Thai basil, all of which I grow in pots on my patio.

We had company and I served this alongside grilled chicken paillard. It was a match made in heaven. It tasted so good sitting outside in our backyard sipping wine and chatting with our guest.  We had leftovers of both so I just chopped the chicken into the pasta and we ate it the next day for lunch.

July 19, 2007 in Barbecuing/Grilling, Chicken/Fowl, Italian/Italian-inspired, Kids Will Eat It, Main Dish-Vegetarian, Pasta, Pasta-Vegetables, Salads, Summer flavors, Vegan, Vegetables |

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courtney

You made and ate leftovers! Yeah! I

Posted by: courtney | July 19, 2007 at 09:50 PM

courtney

You made and ate leftovers! Yeah! I

Posted by: courtney | July 19, 2007 at 09:51 PM

momochan1974

What is that type of pasta called. I had a crazy recipe flash back from when I lived in london of a pasta salad with chili peppers, shrimp, maybe basil. Now I am going nuts trying to find the recipe, no dice. I am hoping that I could search google with the type of pasta. I am desperate, I have these recipe flashbacks a lot and now a days I am much better at saving recipes, but there are many I can't recreate.

Posted by: momochan1974 | July 26, 2007 at 07:29 AM

Deborah Dowd

That looks wonderful, light and sustaining at the same time and I have ears of fresh corn available from my favorite local farmer... now if I can just find some heirloom tomatoes!

Posted by: Deborah Dowd | July 28, 2007 at 05:14 AM

Free Online Games

It looks so healthy and I will definitely try it. Thank you for sharing.

Posted by: Free Online Games | November 18, 2008 at 05:22 PM

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