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Greetings everyone! So sorry for the long absence. As mentioned in the last post I wrote — nearly three weeks ago, the longest I’ve ever gone — I have been traveling, returning a few days ago, but unable to get anything done this week thanks to the insane velocity of the news out of Washington. I swore off Twitter on vacation, but, sadly it was not hard to slip right back into the productivity-crushing rhythm upon my return. I realize this is no excuse for disappearing on you, but I promise I’ll be back to earth next week with a legitimate highlight reel of our travels if not a full-on recipe for a big old #NothingBurger. [To the editors waiting for me to file assignments: a) I hope you are not reading this and b) I know you understand!]
In the meantime, I wanted to at least share an easy summer dinner that I made for Abby and her friend the other night. We were at my sister’s house in Long Island craving something light and healthy. Actually the girls were requesting Pizza Salad (they got Caprese, same difference) and I had visions of a vegetable-loaded seafood something or other. It was one of those days where the fridge and fruit bowl were filled with an ear of corn here, a half a cucumber there, so I went into Kitchen-Sink mode, boiling some shrimp, then prepping every scrap of vegetable I could find, then hoping for the best. A ball of pizza dough became a cheater’s foccacia just right for soaking up the tangy yogurt dressing. As usual, resourcefulness yielded sweet rewards.
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Summer Shrimp Salad with Yogurt Dressing
Serves 4
Salad
1 pound shrimp, cooked and chilled (buy cooked to save time or a foolproof shrimp cooking method: Add to boiling water and cook exactly three minutes. Drain and chill; would of course also be delicious grilled)
2-3 medium roasted beets, sliced (foolproof beet roasting recipe: wrap in foil with skins on, roast at 375°F for 1 1/2 hours; skin should peel right off)
2 ears sweet corn, shucked
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and sliced thin
handful green beans, simmered three minutes and chopped
3 tablespoons red onion, minced finely (next time, I think I’d use pickled onions, FYI)
1 avocado, sliced
handful cilantro, chopped
Yogurt Dressing
3 tablespoons plain yogurt (I used Greek 2%)
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
squeeze of Sriracha
squeeze of fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil
Toss salad ingredients in a deep platter or a bowl. Whisk dressing ingredients together then toss with salad. Garnish with more freshly ground black pepper if desired. Serve with crusty bread or cheater’s focaccia. (See pizza salad recipe for focaccia instructions.)
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Recommended drinking: California Chardonnay (if it’s a weekend🙂 ) Recommended listening: Pod Save America.
Yes, Yes, Yes to Pod Save America!
This sounds like the perfect summer dish! I love easy seafood salads like this – yum! xxx
I think my Twitter feed is more like an Anxiety feed. I’m going to turn off for two weeks while in Italy. but before I go, i think i can create this dish with the salmon i have in my fridge right NOW! Ciao, bella!
That focaccia lurking in the back looks wonderful — can you describe it? Thanks!
Pod Save America is my saving grace right now.
This recipe looks delicious and I love making random salads from the end of the week produce!
Looks great. I am surprised the beets didn’t overwhelm everything else, though I do like them. Will try this.
Welcome back. We missed you.
Cracking up at the phone in the background. Propped up precariously on a bottle and set to Pod Save America. Is this my kitchen? 🙂
Pod Save America is saving my life these days. I’m sure this salad could help, too 🙂
I gave up twitter about a month ago and haven’t looked back. FB a couple of months before that. I’ve been a much more settled, less anxious person. There’s something to be said for living with your head in the sand these days. But I may have to check out Pod Save America just so I can participate in a conversation or two.
This was really easy and extremely tasty! I followed another one if your tips and deconstructed it: all salad ingredients next to each other on a longish platter (looked pretty, too!), dressing in a jar. My 3 y o ate everything but the (pickled!) red onions and the dressing, my 8 months old had avocado, leftover sweet potato and crusty bread, but only bc we like our furniture and wouldn’t let her have the beets. I sautéed the shrimp and did everything else as suggested.
Thank you for a tasty supper!
The salad looks so great!! Thank you for sharing the recipe! Luckily having shrimp in the freezer, gonna try it for dinner.