Spinach Salad with Spiced Shrimp and Mango
Submitted by:The Core Diet
This is a great option for a dinner or lunch salad. Split the recipe in half and it's a whole meal, looking for a smaller salad split the recipe by 4.
Ingredients
- 1/2 medium red onion, very thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 8 ounces baby spinach
- 1 large mango
- 10 ounces large shrimp; peeled and deveined
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped cilantro leaves
Instructions
1. Combine onion and 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon lime; cover and let stand 3 hours.
2. Place spinach in large bowl. Peel mango; cut into 1/8-inch thick slices; add to spinach.
3. Cut remaining mango from pit; puree in food processor or blender with remaining 1/4 cup lime juice.
4. Strain onion; add to spinach. Reserve juice.
5. Toss shrimp with reserved lime juice, salt, pepper and cayenne.
6. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, cook until soft - about 1 1/2 minutes. Add shrimp; cook until opaque - about 2 minutes. Add mango puree; toss; heat through. Add cilantro.
7. Remove from heat; toss with spinach, onion and sliced mango.
Macronutrients
| Serving size | 1/2 recipe |
| Carbohydrates | 34 |
| Proteins | 33 |
| Fats | 10 |
