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Hot weather approaching...cool salad recipe

Greetings!

It's getting hot out here in SoCal so after an hour or so's commute back from work in the High Desert, coupled with an a/c malfunction at work all I wanted was a nice cold fizzy glass of.......water and a healthy, cool salad.

This salad is WONDERFUL and was inspired by the classic prawn (shrimp) cocktail of ye olde Europe! lol! Actually, prawn cocktail is eaten with a mayonnaise/ketchup based sauce (often called Marie Rose sauce) in many other parts of the world which is totally different to the red horseradish sauce more traditionally seen here in the USA..........try it, you may like it...

Here's the recipe.

Suzanne's Prawn Cocktail Salad

Serves 1
1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach
1 cup romaine (dark leaves only)
shredded carrot
shredded red cabbage
grape or cherry tomatoes halved
3 oz shrimp (about 9 medium) cooked tails on or off

Sauce
1/4 cup low fat mayo or Miracle Whip (I prefer MW)
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tbsp mustard
lemon/lime juice to taste and to thin consistency so it's semi-drizzle-able (is that a word??)
white pepper

Pile salad stuff and shrimp onto a plate. Mix all sauce ingredients in a bowl. Drizzle over the top of the salad and sprinkle with a little paprika for a bit of colour.
Tuck in and enjoy!

Feel free to add hard boiled egg, cress, sprouts, beets or any other salad stuff to this.....even a few beans wouldn't go amiss. Even some cubed mango or peaches would give it a different twist.....

This is traditionally served with thinly sliced brown bread and butter.......a slice of whole grain bread and a bit of Smart Balance light spread is a healthy alternative tho'.........

Enjoy!

AWOL....Missing in the land of fish and chips!

One more apology.......this healthy eater has been missing across the pond on an impromptu family visit. However, the healthy eating title is somewhat of a misnomer when in the United Kingdom since I ate my way through plenty of pork pies, ruby murrays (curries to you non-Brits), yogurts containing more calories than a large Coldstone, and strange flavoured crisps (chips).....how does pickled onion flavour sound?



Anyway, now that I am returned to my rightful place I need to regain my healthy eating habits...so, if any of you cyber spacers need a few healthy recipes look no further than this blog.....it's belt tightening and gym going all round!

So, I know that woman cannot subsist on salads alone so here's a little impromptu soup recipe for you.......it's really tasty and easy and don't be put off by the grey-ish/green colour!! lol! As with all my recipes.........feel free to vary the quantities and vegetables as the whim takes you.

Faux cream of celery and parsnip soup

Ingredients
Onion...finely chopped
Potato...peeled and cut into small dice
Celery...one head cut up small
Parsnip.....peeled and cut into small cubes
Vegetable or chicken stock.....about 6 cups
Condiments to taste



Method
Sweat onion in a small amount of oil (olive or canola)until soft but not coloured.
Add stock, celery, parsnip, and potato....simmer until tender.
When cooked puree using a stick blender until smooth.
Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste.



Serve with some croutons on top and a bit of chopped parsley.

BTW......studies suggest that eating soup before a meal fills you up and those in the study given the soup ingested less calories than those persons who did not eat soup. So, eat your soup!!