The opening of local farmers markets officially begins salad season in my house. The variety of available fresh greens, tomatoes, spring onions and artisan cheeses makes assembling a fantastic salad as easy as pie (strawberry pie in my case). Wild caught prawns are on sale this week in my local grocery store so I added them to my favorite Mediterranean salad mix. This is such a healthy, delicious and light meal that I can top it off with a little slice of pie with no guilt feelings at all. I hope you will try it ~ I know it will become one of your favorites too.
Salad
A mix of spring greens
Grilled wild caught prawns
Tomatoes
Cucumber
Kalamata olives
Feta cheese
Sliced green onions
Dressing
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
fresh oregano to taste
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Shell and devein shrimp. Combine dressing ingredients. Marinade shrimp in half of the salad dressing for about an hour, then cook on a hot grill until pink. Cool to room temperature.
Combine salad ingredients and drizzle with dressing. I like lots of feta cheese and olives and sometimes add toasted pinenuts or garlic croutons.
hi Cathy,
That salad look so beautiful, colourful and appetising!!
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Lia.
That is one good looking salad. I like the way the dressing sounds too. Nice!
This salad is from my neck of the woods! Feta and olive oil run in my blood. Delicious!
This is a great mix of ingredients and looks delicious! Love that feta cheese!
That is a beautiful thing! Looks light and delicious =)
Beautiful and tasty, Cathy. We have also substituted lemon juice for the vinegar and find it a little more refreshing.
Looks refreshing , healthy and delicious…mmm. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com
Cathy, I am DROOLING!!!! Loving my ice cream maker!!!! Thanks for the tip, I ran right out and bought one, and have been whipping out ice cream all weekend, much to the delight of my family!!!
This looks so good. I am drooling too!
Oh yum. This salad looks wonderful: fresh, flavorful and with my favorite, shrimp!
I could live all summer on this Cathy!
xoxo pattie
YUM! All the recipes you post looks so delicious!
Your salad looks delicious and it's always great when you can use fresh items from the farmers market.
Oh Cathy – this salad looks amazing! I love, love, love Greek flavors. Excellent photo too.
that looks really great!!! excellent flavors
Oh my! This looks so delicious!!!
Oh my this salad looks amazing! It's the perfect summer meal!
Such a beautiful salad Cathy; love the mediterranean flavors!
Any meal that will let me also enjoy pie is a winner. 🙂
This could easily become one of my favourites!!!
We won't have fresh vegetables at our Farmer's Market here in Colorado until July. This salad looks really really good. Another bookmarked.
Looks beautiful and delicious! I love eating healthy salads especially in the summer!
The moment I saw those shrimps, I am salivating! Yum!
Looks really good – love any typoe of shrimp salad!! Still haven't completely developed a taste for feta – have to give it some more attempts!!
I love this salad. It's just gorgeous! I always look forward to fresh spring and summer veggies. I really wish my kids would eat salad. Someday. 🙂
What a splendid way to greet summer! I could eat this salad every day, easily!
This looks so refreshing and delicious!
absolutely gorgeous. i'm loving the dressing as well!
Cathy-Having grown up not far from Louisiana I pray everyday that we will still be able to get seafood. Not for me (although I love it!) but for these families who make a living shrimping and fishing. After Katrina they have been through enough! I wish I could just reach out and grab this!
Hi Cathy! This looks great! It's winter over here in OZ, but luckily our winter isn't quite as cold as yours, so will be able to enjoy this anytime!
Cathy, I'm bookmarking your salad. I adore everything in it, especially the shrimp. We've been eating a lot of salads lately and I'm adding this one to the list.
Fabulous picture as always.
Sam
Lovely salad Cathy, shrimp is nice addition too.
Moe would love your salad. Picture perfect.
Ann
What a wonderful recipe. I love salads especially in the summer time.
That looks so delicious!
I am sorry I am late…computer time was minimal!