Although we still have a sheet of ice in the backyard, it won’t be there for much longer, especially since the weather yesterday and today will be in the 60’s. With all the snow we’ve had this month though, weather in the 60’s is like beach weather, and that means salad weather. I knew I was going to have shrimp for dinner, but I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to prepare it, then I saw a recipe for a shrimp and corn salad, and that was just the inspiration I needed. I now knew what we were going to have for dinner.
Shrimp and Corn Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
We both like hard boiled eggs on our salads, so most of our salads include an egg for each of us. Larry likes cheese on his salads and I don’t. I like avocados on my salads and Larry does not. So again, as always, these are just options and suggestions. Use them if you like, don’t use them if you don’t like them.
1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/3 cup lime juice, divided
1-1 1/2 cups corn
1/2 red bell pepper, diced fine
1/4 red onion, sliced very thin
1 /2 cup tomatoes of your choice – I used a variety of the small tomatoes
1 TBSP garlic
1 TBSP honey
red pepper flakes to taste
lettuce
avocado and cheese, optional
hard boiled eggs, optional
1/2 cup olive oil + 2 TBSP for cooking
Roast the corn with a little red pepper flakes in olive oil for about 5 minutes, then remove from the pan and set aside.
Poach the shrimp in the wine and about 2 TBSP of lime juice for about 5 minutes, or until the shrimp is completely cooked.
Mix the corn, tomatoes, onions and bell pepper together thoroughly. I also added some chopped herbs that I needed to use up.
Whisk the remaining lime juice, olive oil, honey, garlic, and red pepper flakes together for your dressing.
Arrange you salad over a bed of lettuce, add your dressing, and voila! Dinner is ready. You can also have this salad as a side dish and combine everything together without the lettuce too, if you prefer.
That looks delicious😄
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Thank you.
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You are welcome😁
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Shrimpolicious. My fav. 🍃🍤
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Yep! It sure was. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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I would really enjoy this meal, a lot of my favorites on one plate.
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Please let me know what you think when you do make it. 🙂
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It looks delightfully delicious!
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Thank you.
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You are certainly welcome.
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Will do.
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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I love cheese, but it my salad? I don’t mind it, but I don’t have to have it.
Avocado? yes please.
Hard boiled egg? I love it, but kind of… falls apart in the salad and it loses it’s magic a little.
Looks like a delicious salad. Glad to hear you were able to warm up over the weekend.
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Thank you. We have thawed out from the latest rounds of the deep freeze, and it is once again warm and sunny. I’m sure we will have a bit more snow before month’s end though. March is supposed to be one of snowiest months.
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It’s flavorful! I bet it tasted so good just like how it was presented!
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Thank you. I learned a long time ago, we taste with our eyes long before we actually taste with our tongues. Presentation is everything. 🙂
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