What to do with the leftover corn on the cob? Not sure if your local grocery store requires you to buy a 6 – 12 ears of corn; well require might be a “strong” word it’s more like encourage you to buy more ears than you need. You can buy 6 for say $2.99 or you can buy it for a buck an ear. So being my true New England Yankee self I buy my 1/2 dozen and the 3 of us eat an ear a piece. My husband always make a comment “why did you buy so many” I think he should start doing the shopping – Just saying!

There are actually many things you can do with the leftover ears. Once removed from the cob. Here are a few that I like. Corn Chowder is classic, add kernels to your corn bread/muffins or even your pancakes. Make a Mexican corn by frying up some onions and garlic along with the kernels and add a few spices like paprika, cumin, chili powder and squeeze in a half of a lime and top with a sprinkle of fresh cilantro. Corn salsa is also a good summer time use but one of my favorites is fresh corn tomato bacon salad. I mean honestly add bacon to just about anything and I would probably call it my favorite.

Serves 4–6

6 slices of thick-cut bacon
1 medium onion, diced (about 1 cup)
cut kernels from 4 ears of corn (about 2 cups)
3 cups halved cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
salt, to taste
fresh ground black pepper, to taste

In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp.  Remove bacon to a plate and set aside.

Turn heat down to medium-low and add onions to the bacon drippings in the skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion has softened – about 5 minutes.

Add corn, turn heat back up to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until corn is tender and just starting to brown in spots about 7–10 minutes.

Remove corn and onion mixture to a large mixing bowl and let cool for about 10 minutes.  Meanwhile, crumble bacon.  Add the sliced tomatoes, bacon, basil, and vinegar to the bowl with the corn.  Sprinkle in a big pinch of salt and some fresh ground black pepper. Toss everything together add more salt and/or pepper if needed.

I posted this back in 2015 but just finished making this just this morning for the pictures!

had to share some more photos aka food porn!