Awww Shucks

Truth.

Why I hate corn:

1. it gets stuck in my teeth
2. it doesn't taste that great
3. sometimes when you shuck fresh ears there are caterpillars
• I hate caterpillars

Why the rest of the world hates corn:

1. the food industry
2. it's not Paleo
3. it's corny

But despite all these reasons, my boyfriend loves it. When he cooked a few ears for our BBQ the other night, however, it went largely untouched. I felt a little vindictively happy. Ha! Our friends don't like it either! Corn lovin freak!

But since I have a phobia of wasting food, it must be consumed; I suppose it's a sunk cost anyway. So that's why I made a teensy batch of

Chunky Corn Salsa

90 calories, 21g carbs, 3g protein, 1g fat, 2g fiber, 159mg sodium

Makes a bit over 1 cup - double/triple/quadruple as needed, depending on how much leftover corn you have

• 1/2 ear of corn (cooked), sliced off the cob
• 1 plum tomato, diced
• 1/4 cup diced red onion
• 1 small jalapeno, diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp cilantro (1 Tbsp if fresh)
• juice of 1/2 a lime
• cumin, chili powder, salt & pepper to taste

Chop, mix & let sit for a few hours (or ideally overnight) for all the flavors to come together. Not that it won't be good off the bat, but it certainly improves with time! Serve with some tortilla chips (oh look, more corn). Currently crushin Xochitl brand.

Yes I know I just said I didn't like corn, but tortilla chips are a very large exception. I still dislike taco shells, grits, polenta, corn pudding, etc. Corn pudding might even make me wanna vomit. This corn salsa is acceptable to my maize-hatin ways because it's salsa, and it's fresh, and it uses my homegrown jalapenos, which just makes me all warm 'n fuzzy inside.

In an unmixed state: that green blob is cilantro, a la tube.

P.S. I also used to hate cilantro. It tasted like soap to me, yet now I am obsessed with it. I think it's one of those things about getting older, like suddenly not minding cleaning or flossing quite so much anymore...