Basil Shrimp Summer Salad Recipe
Over the last few years, Mediterranean cuisine has gained popularity for it’s easy-to-follow and extremely healthy dishes. It is fresh, light and tasty, and is known to offer a multitude of health benefits such as reducing the risk of heart disease, certain cancers, diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Mediterranean cooking is a simple cuisine, one whose basic tenet is that food should be served as close to its natural state as possible. It is not a cuisine that requires the mastering of complicated sauces or difficult techniques, in fact many Med cooks tend to roast, fry, grill or boil their foods.
In celebration of all-things related to the Mediterranean Diet, here’s a recipe that utilizes Greek Olive Oil which is used in everyday Mediterranean dishes ranging from Apps to Dinner to Dessert!
Basil Shrimp Summer Salad Recipe
12 medium-size or 9 large-size shrimp (3 ounces)
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon PDO Kalamata Greek extra-virgin olive oil,
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 cup chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
To make basil marinade: Whisk together white wine vinegar, PDO Kalamata Greek extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, and basil. Marinate shrimp in a basil marinade for at least 30 minutes or overnight. Grill shrimp until cooked through. Top 2 cups of romaine lettuce with the shrimp and mix well into greens for added flavor.
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