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Greens with Grilled Shrimp and Citrus Vinaigrette!

A delicious grilled shrimp salad with mango!

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword easy dinner recipe, easy lunch recipe, grilling recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Author Linda Spiker

Ingredients

Citrus Dressing:

  • ½ cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
  • zest of one lemon
  • juice of 1 orange, 1 lemon, and 1 lime
  • 1 tablespoon raw honey (Whole 30 friends skip the honey)
  • ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
  • pinch sea salt
  • freshly ground pepper

Salad:

  • 4 cups romaine lettuce, washed and chopped
  • 1 ripe mango, peeled and diced
  • 1/2 of one cucumber, peeled and diced
  • 1 ripe avocado, peeled and diced
  • 1/2 a red bell pepper, diced
  • 1/2 cup roasted salted cashews, chopped
  • 30 shrimp (I buy mine already shelled and deveined)
  • sea salt
  • pepper
  • cajun spice

Instructions

Dressing:

  1. Place all ingredients except olive oil in blender, blend. Slowly drizzle in olive oil and blend till dressing is emulsified.

Salad:

  1. Combine all ingredients (except shrimp) on a platter and set aside.

Shrimp:

  1. Place shrimp on skewers. Clean grill and spray or use a paper towel to wipe with coconut oil. Preheat grill to four hundred degrees.
  2. Add shrimp skewers to grill, cook for 3 minutes, turn. Cook for 3 more minutes. Remove from grill. Dress salad, top with shrimp. Serve.