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Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Best Food I Made This Weekend-Shrimp, Avocado and Tomato Salad with Quinoa

I made several food items this weekend but my favorite was the Shrimp, Avocado, Tomato and Quinoa Salad that I made Sunday.  I got the inspiration from this salad I found on Pinterest then I made some changes and additions.
I forgot to upload the photos I took so here is a photo of my inspiration
salad from here.  Mine had quinoa though.

Shrimp, Avocado and Tomato Salad with Quinoa and Lime Vinaigrette
1/2 pound of shrimp (I like easy peel)
cumin
chili powder
garlic salt
olive oil-for cooking shrimp
1/2 cup quinoa
1 small lime
2 tablespoons olive oil (can vary depending on how you like your vinaigrette)
sugar
2 small avocado's (or 1 large), cut into small bite sized pieces
a cup of cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 small red onion, chopped

1-Peel shrimp and sprinkle with a little cumin, chili powder and garlic salt.  Cook these in the olive oil and set aside to cool.  Once cooled, cut the shrimp into smaller pieces.
2-Cook quinoa per directions and let cool
3-Make a vinaigrette by whisking together the juice of one lime, the olive oil, a couple sprinkles of cumin, chili powder and garlic salt.  Add a small sprinkle of sugar.  You can adjust this all to your own taste and preference.  I mix it and taste it and add more as I go.
4-Add veggies to the vinaigrette and then add in the shrimp and quinoa once they've cooled some.  Mix everything together and refrigerate before serving.

This is a very refreshing and healthy summer salad!

What's your favorite summer salad/dish?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This was probebly my favorite thing you made this week, and one of my favorites you have ever made(non dessert versions, I like me some desserts). It was good on a hot day. I am glad it was healthy too because I really only like to eat healthy food items(with the exception of dessert, see above). B

Hutch said...

I so need to make this! (sans the chili powder and cumin)

Amanda @ It's Blogworthy said...

YUM! This looks great. I might make it for myself because my husband hates everything. It looks so refreshing.

Shana said...

Whenever you post pictures of the stuff you make I think "I really want to try to make that". But the reality is that what I really want is for you to just send me some of what you make. This way I get all the goodness with none of the work.