Healthy and Easy Shrimp Salad Recipe

These cold Shrimp Avocado Salad Lettuce Wraps require zero cooking and is just what summertime needs. It's an easy shrimp salad recipe to whip up anytime!

During this 4 month quarantine so far, I've gone through more flour, buttermilk, and heavy cream than I have gone through probably in the previous 4 years. Tough times call for tough measures.

While I'm certainly not worried because we eat generally healthy, there are many times when I need to get back to the basics and eat a really fresh, simple shrimp salad. This shrimp and avocado salad is one of those things. We don't prescribe to diets, but if you do -- this one is Whole 30, dairy-free, low-carb, gluten free, and paleo. This shrimp salad is made simply with whole ingredients.

Ingredients Needed for Shrimp and Avocado Salad Lettuce Wraps

• butter lettuce
• cooked shrimp
• red onion
• tomato
• avocado
• cilantro
• limes
• olive oil
• jalapeno or serrano pepper (optional)
• salt + pepper

How to Make a Shrimp and Avocado Salad

1. Place all of the ingredients into a bowl and give it a good stir with a spoon.
2. Put the shrimp salad onto the pieces of open lettuce. I use either Bibb lettuce or butter lettuce. Don't forget to include all that good tomato juice, too. When the tomato and lime juice marries with the avocado, it creates a very simple, creamy sauce the salad is coated in.

It doesn't get much simpler than that!

Some Like It Hot

If you're one of those people like my husband who's always looking at how they can take the heat factor up a notch, try replacing Jalapeño peppers with serrano peppers. Those things are spicy!

Me on the other hand? I take out the peppers entirely (I know...I know...).

Other Summertime Meal Ideas

• Dutch Oven Pulled Pork uses the oven but it requires about 15 minutes of hands-on time and the rest is left to the oven. Low and slow!
• Flank Steak with Blueberry Balsamic Sauce - Don't be scared of putting fruit on your steak. I swear it's delicious!
• One Skillet Lemon Orzo Chicken -- I had you at "one skillet," right?
• Roasted Salmon with Corn, Tomato, and Avocado Salsa is another simple summertime meal that's one of my favorites.
• Peach and Prosciutto Flatbreads sound absolutely delicious and are going to be on my menu this week.

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xox,

kathryn

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