This salad is a nice change of pace and can be made with any of your favorite veggies, fruits, grains, meats or fish. We have large dinner salads often in our house, all year long. My kiddos love salad and always come up with new things to try. If you have a picky eater, it is simple to make little changes to each salad so that everyone is happy!
Ingredients for 4 large salads:
- Lettuce or salad mix
- Red pepper, washed, seeded and sliced
- 1/2 pound green beans, washed
- Cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup quinoa, cooked
- 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Olive oil
- Juice of one lemon
- Salt and pepper
- Your favorite salad dressing
Directions:
- In a medium skillet, heat olive oil. Add the shrimp and stirring occasionally, cook about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the lemon juice and cook over low heat until shrimp are white throughout. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Using four large dinner plates or bowls, build salad starting with lettuce, peppers, green beans and cucumbers.
- Top salad with a 1/4 of quinoa and 1/4 of the sautéed shrimp.
- Serve with your favorite salad dressing.
