Healthy Raw Yam Salad with Sweet Corn & Black Beans

Besides making juice and smoothies to eat my partially raw food diet, I make lots of raw salads. These are not your lettuce salads. I'm talking raw cut-up vegetables that most people would not think of eating raw. But why not raw?

This salad is inspired by one I had with cooked yams. But yams are so yummy raw and they provide a crunch, which I love. So here you go—add another raw veggie salad to your salad recipe file.

Raw Yam Salad with Sweet Corn & Black Beans

from Chris Pedersen

yield 6 servings

category Salad

cuisine Raw, Vegan

ingredients

2 medium yams, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch pieces

1 ear sweet corn, removed from cob OR 3/4 C thawed sweet corn

1 can (15oz) black beans, rinsed and drained

1 red pepper, diced

2 green onions, sliced thin

1/2 C chopped cilantro

2 firm avocados, peeled, pitted and chopped

2 limes, juiced

salt & pepper to taste

directions

1. Add yams, corn, black beans, peppers, onions, and cilantro to large bowl. Stir together.

2. Add avocados and lime juice then toss carefully so avocados don't get mashed.

3. Season with salt and pepper. Taste and serve.

What do you eat raw that you used to eat cooked all the time?