With cinco de mayo around the corner on this Friday night I felt like eating something with the color of Mexico.

I found some beautiful Nopales. There are so cheap and so delicious. A nice salad would be perfect.

Ingredients:

Nopales

2 red bell peppers

5 radishes

4 tomatoes

1/2 red onion

1 ear of corn

garlic

cilantro

limes

I made a dressing with lime juice and olive oil, salt and pepper and a bit of garlic and chopped cilantro.

Then roasted the bell peppers on top of the stove, if you have another source of open flame it’s better, but your gas stove will work too! I usually roast them until the entire skin is black and stick them in a plastic bag to cool off. Make sure the plastic bag is tightly closed, it will act like a steamer and will make it easier for you to peel of the skin off.

Clean the nopales and scrap the needle off with your knife. Rub them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and set them on the grill until fork tender.

Chop the tomatoes and the onion. Slice the radishes thinly and by running your knife along the corn remove the kernel. Add your skinned and sliced bell peppers as well as your sliced Nopales. Mix and serve.

I serve this salad with some grill lamb marinated in lime and cilantro. It was a perfect!

Bon Appétit!