A Betty Crocker Diabetes Cookbook shares a recipe! Grilled shrimp, swordfish and fennel make this dinner salad special.
Grilled Seafood Salad
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 15
Ingredients
Shallot-Thyme Vinaigrette
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped shallot
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Salad
- 12 uncooked large shrimp (thawed if frozen), peeled, deveined
- 1 lb swordfish, marlin or tuna steaks, 3/4 to 1 inch thick
- 1 medium fennel bulb, cut into wedges
- 10 cups bite-size pieces mixed salad greens
- 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 12 pitted kalamata or ripe olives
Instructions
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Step1In tightly covered container, shake vinaigrette ingredients.
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Step2Place shrimp and fish in shallow glass or plastic dish or heavy-duty resealable plastic food-storage bag. Add 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette; turn shrimp and fish to coat. Cover dish or seal bag; refrigerate 30 minutes. Reserve remaining vinaigrette.
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Step3Heat gas or charcoal grill. Remove shrimp and fish from marinade; reserve marinade and set shrimp aside. Place fish and fennel on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 5 minutes. Brush fish and fennel with marinade; add shrimp. Cover grill; cook 5 minutes, turning and brushing fish, fennel and shrimp with marinade 2 or 3 times, until shrimp are pink, fish flakes easily with fork and fennel is tender. Discard any remaining marinade.
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Step4Arrange salad greens on serving platter. Cut fish into bite-size pieces. Arrange fish, fennel, shrimp and remaining salad ingredients on greens. Serve with reserved vinaigrette.
Nutrition
270
Calories
12g
Total Fat
30g
Protein
10g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 270
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 19%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 185mg
- 61%
- Sodium
- 470mg
- 20%
- Potassium
- 980mg
- 28%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 10g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 30g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 110%
- 110%
- Vitamin C
- 25%
- 25%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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