Рецепт Lemon Shrimp Pasta Salad
Lemon Shrimp Pasta Salad
With summer barbecue season already in high gear, it’s always a challenge to keep new and interesting side dishes coming to serve beside all those steaks, grilled chicken breasts, ribs or whatever else you have coming off the backyard barbecue. This super easy Lemon Shrimp Pasta salad uses an easy to prepare, low fat, yogurt based dressing for a tangy compliment to the substantial bites of pasta. Some julienne slivers of fresh, sweet snow peas add color, flavor and great crunch too.
Lemon Shrimp Pasta Salad
With a low fat, yogurt based dressing this shrimp pasta salad makes a sensible addition to your summer BBQ table or as a side dish at any time of the year.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups cooked pasta, rinsed and cooled
- 1 1/2 cups small cooked shrimp, peeled and de-veined
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced red pepper
- 1/2 cup julienne fresh snow peas
- For the dressing
- 2/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
- zest of one lemon, finely grated
- juice of one lemon
- 2 cloves finely minced garlic
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp honey
- salt and pepper to season
- 2 tbsp chopped chives
Instructions
Cook the pasta to al dente and rinse well with cold water.
Leave the pasta to drain well while you prepare the dressing and the rest of the salad.
For the dressing
Whisk together all of the ingredients and let it sit for 20 minutes if time allows. This allows the lemon zest to infuse flavor into the dressing.
If you like a thinner dressing you can always add a little more lemon juice or even a little skim milk.
Toss together the dressing with the shrimp, pasta, peppers and snow peas.
Notes
When serving leftovers of this salad, I like to re-toss the salad with a little buttermilk or skim milk. This helps to revive the creaminess of the dressing if the pasta absorbs some of the moisture from it.
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