Chilled Italian Shrimp Salad with Spinach Cheese Tortellini and Veggies
Cook's notes: This delicious, light shrimp and tortellini salad can be served as a side or main dish, perfect for summer potlucks or anytime you need a pasta salad. And the good news it's 8 Smart Points and 366 calories. Recipe serves two and was adapted from skinnytaste.com The salad should be refrigerated several hours to enhance the flavors. Ingredients:
- 1-8 oz. package of cheese spinach tortellini
- 1/3 lb cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup red onions, sliced thin
- 1 cup diced cucumbers
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup jarred roasted red peppers, drained and patted dry on paper towels
- Optional 1/4 cup sliced black olives
- Fresh basil, chopped
Lemon Herb Dressing Ingredients:
- 1/ 3 cup olive oil or lemon olive oil
- 2 TB. lemon juice
- 2 TB. red wine vinegar
- 2 TB. dry white wine or water
- 1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 TB. honey
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 tsp. each dried oregano and parsley
- Zest from one small lemon
- Cook tortellini according to package directions, al dente. Drain and set aside.
- Mix dressing ingredients in blender.
- In a large bowl mix tortellini, shrimp, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, roasted red peppers and olives if using.
- Drizzle with dressing, reserving 1 tablespoon. Refrigerate several hours. To serve drizzle with rest of dressing and garnish with chopped basil.
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