Shrimp cauliflower salad fills my need to eat beautiful fresh tomatoes in the summer. This is a low carb version (lean and green) that highlights the tastes of shrimp and tomato.
You will need a large bowl and a sharp knife. I use my kitchen scale to weigh the ingredients.
Cook riced cauliflower following package instructions. Cool in refrigerator.
Tip: If you want to start with fresh cauliflower, use the shredder in your food processor to finely chop the florets. Cook for 5 minutes in the microwave in a covered dish.
In a bowl large enough to hold 4 or more cups, add the light mayonnaise with olive oil and lemon juice. Whisk together until blended.
Cut off the end of the sweet banana pepper, slice open and remove seeds. Cut pepper into ½ inch wide slices. Add to bowl. Add chopped green olives with pimiento (Spanish sliced salad olives with minced pimientos.)
Add cooled cooked cauliflower to bowl.
Add cooled cooked shrimp, with tails off.
Lightly toss salad.
Wash, quarter, and thinly slice tomatoes. Lay each tomato on a dinner plate so that the surface is covered with slices. Sprinkle with sea salt.
Mound ½ the salad on each plate. Serve with light Thousand Island dressing. Serves two.
To defrost frozen cooked shrimp: Place shrimp in a bowl of cold tap water for 20 minutes. Pour into a colander and rinse.
To cook fresh shrimp: Peel the shrimp. Pull off the vein on the back (you might need tweezers.) Bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add 1 tablespoon Old Bay or 1 teaspoon Zatarain’s seafood boil spices (check package directions). Add the shrimp and simmer for 2 to 4 minutes or until the shrimp turn pink. Drain the shrimp, pull off the tails, and place in reclosable plastic storage bags. Place the bags of shrimp in a bowl of ice water to cool.
Shrimp cauliflower and tomato cold low carb salad
Notes
Tip: If you want to start with fresh cauliflower, use the shredder in your food processor to finely chop the florets. Cook for 5 minutes in the microwave in a covered dish. To defrost frozen cooked shrimp: Place shrimp in a bowl of cold tap water for 20 minutes. Pour into a colander and rinse.
To cook fresh shrimp: Peel the shrimp. Pull off the vein on the back (you might need tweezers.) Bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add 1 tablespoon Old Bay or 1 teaspoon Zatarain’s seafood boil spices (check package directions). Add the shrimp and simmer for 2 to 4 minutes or until the shrimp turn pink. Drain the shrimp, pull off the tails, and place in reclosable plastic storage bags. Place the bags of shrimp in a bowl of ice water to cool.
Ingredients
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 4 tsp lemon juice
- 14 oz. cooked shrimp, cleaned with tails off
- 2 small tomatoes or 1 large (6.34 oz.)
- 1 banana pepper (1.59 oz.)
- 1 tbsp. Reduced fat olive oil mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp light Thousand Island dressing
- 20 green Spanish olives stuffed with pimiento, chopped
- 10 oz. riced cauliflower, cooked and cooled (about 1 1/2 cups)
Instructions
- Cook riced cauliflower following package instructions. Cool in refrigerator.
- In a bowl large enough to hold 4 or more cups, add the light mayonnaise with olive oil and lemon juice. Whisk together until blended.
- Cut off the end of the sweet banana pepper, slice open and remove seeds. Cut pepper into ½ inch wide slices. Add to bowl. Add chopped green olives with pimiento (Spanish sliced salad olives with minced pimientos.)
- Add cooled cooked cauliflower to bowl.
- Add cooled cooked shrimp, with tails off.
- Lightly toss salad.
- Wash, quarter, and thinly slice tomatoes. Lay each tomato on a dinner plate so that the surface is covered with slices. Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Mound ½ the salad on each plate. Serve with light Thousand Island dressing. Serves two.
Nutrition Facts
Shrimp cauliflower and tomato cold low carb salad
Serves: 2
| Amount Per Serving: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 592 whole recipe | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 11g | 16.9% | |
| Saturated Fat 2g | 10% | |
| Trans Fat 0g | ||
| Cholesterol 769mg | 256.3% | |
| Sodium 2824mg | 117.7% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 36g | 12% | |
| Dietary Fiber 12g | 48% | |
| Sugars 17g | ||
| Protein 90g | ||
| Vitamin A | Vitamin C | |
| Calcium | Iron | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Nutrition facts
1 whole recipe is about 592 calories. Nutrition facts are approximations.
Do you need Lean and Green? I made this meal for 2 with 14 oz. shrimp is 1 leanest. 6.34 oz tomato is 1 green, 1.59 oz. banana pepper is 0.5 green. Reduced fat olive oil mayonnaise 1tbsp is 0.5 healthy fat, Light Thousand Island dressing 2 tbsp is 0.5 healthy fat, 20 green olives is 1 healthy fat. ½ tsp. salt is 1 condiment, 4 tsp lemon juice is 1 condiment.
Green Giant Riced Veggies Cauliflower Medley (10 oz. bag makes about three ½ cup servings (1.5 cups) or use Green Giant Riced Veggies Cauliflower Risotto Medley. 1 bag is 1.5 green.
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Related links
- https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/bacon-cauliflower-salad/
- Bacon cauliflower salad from Taste of Home
- https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/southern-shrimp-salad/
- Southern shrimp salad from Spicy Southern Kitchen
- https://www.bonappetit.com/story/what-are-heirloom-tomatoes
- What are heirloom tomatoes? From Bon Appetit
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