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Shrimp Salad with Healthy Homemade Lemon Dill Salad Dressing

A nutritionally dense salad with a healthy homemade salad dressing. Best part is no cooking involved for those hot summer days.
Course Lunch or Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword Shrimp Salad Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 450kcal
Author Heather

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice *about 2-3 lemons
  • 3 lg garlic cloves *crushed or minced
  • 1 tbsp dried dill
  • 1/2 tsp salt to taste
  • 2 cups frozen precooked shrimp about 32 med size
  • 1/2 can of Trader Joe's green olives
  • 2 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 med orange bell pepper *cut into strips
  • 1 cup sugar plum tomatoes *or any tomato of preference
  • 1 cup micro greens *or any sprouts of preference
  • 1/2 sm red onion *diced
  • 3 cups arugula
  • 1 head romaine lettuce *torn into bite pieces
  • 1 lg avocado *diced into 1/2 inch squares
  • 1/3 cup whole almonds *optional

Instructions

  • Salad Dressing Pour olive oil into bottom of large bowl. Squeeze lemons. Slowly pour lemon juice into olive oil mixture while whisking olive oil rapidly. Peel and crush garlic cloves. Add crushed garlic and dill to olive oil/lemon mixture. Salt to taste. Give final whisk.
  • Main Salad Before making Salad dressing soak frozen shrimp in cold water. Once salad dressing is made drain and rinse shrimp in cold water until completely defrosted. Lightly squeeze shrimp of extra water. Add shrimp to dressing along with olives, broccoli florets, bell pepper strips, tomatoes, micro greens/sprouts and diced red onion. Make sure to wash all veggies before adding. Toss veggies to coat with salad dressing. Rinse and drain arugula. Add to veggie mixture and toss. Rinse individual leaves of romaine lettuce and drain. Tear or cut into bite size pieces. Add to veggie mixture and toss. Add diced avocado and almonds as final step and toss. Enjoy!

Notes

*Please use as many organic ingredients as possible. 

Nutrition

Calories: 450kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 161mg | Sodium: 544mg | Potassium: 981mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 15753IU | Vitamin C: 111mg | Calcium: 244mg | Iron: 5mg