Shrimp and Spinach Salad; and more Salads

We have not been having lovely May weather this past week.

It’s been much more like nasty March weather.

It’s been cold and gray and windy.

No rain…. It’s actually been very dry and I have to water everything.

The tomatoes and beans and squashes are not happy.

But the lettuce and the spinach are ecstatic. They love cool weather.

I’d rather be eating salads on hot summer days, but eating freshly picked salads on cool windy days is still pretty darn nice.

I used a mix of leaf lettuce and spinach in this salad. I like the combination of flavors and colors,

Shrimp and Spinach Salad, with Asparagus & Radishes

Total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Heat 2 tsp olive oil in a large skillet. Add asparagus and sauté until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.

Remove and set aside.

Add remaining 2 tsp olive oil and paprika. Sauté 1/2 minute.

Add shrimp and quickly sauté until cooked through. They will curl and turn opaque when done.

Remove and set aside.

Vinaigrette:

Whisk mustard, ketchup and vinegar together in a large salad bowl.

Gradually whisk in olive oil until thick.

To finish:

Toss greens, herbs with vinaigrette, mixing well.

Add the rest of the ingredients, toss lightly and serve.

Speaking of salads……

In between spring cleaning and planting the gardens and weeding and hoeing and watering I decided I needed to do a summer cook book.

What’s more summery than salads?

This time of year, when the spinach and lettuces are at their peak we eat salad most days for lunch and two or three times each week as a main course for dinner.

Of course we also eat them as a first course or a quick side dish.

We eat a lot of salads…..

When the lettuce and spinach are finished we switch to pasta and grain salads.

And we can’t forget the picnic salads and potato salads and, and, and…..

Here are some of our favorite Salads.

At the moment it’s only available as an e-book (Kindle, iPad, etc.) but the paper version should be available by the end of the week.

Need some new Salads for Summer? (hint, hint)

Last update on May 24, 2015

Shrimp and Spinach Salad; and more Salads was last modified: May 24th, 2015 by Katie Zeller

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