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20+ Refreshing Summer Salads

The best summer salads are easy to toss together, highlight fresh, in-season produce, and taste extra juicy and delicious—like this mango avocado shrimp salad. Watch the video below for three summer salad recipes that are also great for meal prep!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Summer salad recipes, Summer salads
Servings: 6 servings
Author: Lisa Bryan

Ingredients

  • 1 pound raw shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 2 large mango diced
  • 2 avocado diced
  • 2 celery ribs sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • ¼ cup finely chopped cilantro
  • ¼ cup finely chopped red onion

Honey Lime Dressing

  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Cook the shrimp. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the shrimp and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until cooked through and pink.
    Boiling shrimp in water.
  • Make an ice water bath. While the shrimp are cooking, prepare an ice water bath. Remove the shrimp to the ice water bath using a skimmer. Let them cool for 3 minutes, then drain them in a colander.
    Chilled shrimp with ice.
  • Make the salad. Add the shrimp, mango, avocado, celery, bell pepper, cilantro, and red onion to a mixing bowl.
    Shrimp salad ingredients in a bowl.
  • Make the dressing. In a small bowl, stir together the olive oil, lime juice, honey, garlic, salt, and pepper.
    Shrimp salad dressing in a bowl.
  • Toss with the dressing. Pour the dressing on top of the salad and stir to combine.
    How to make mango avocado shrimp salad.

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 446mg | Potassium: 625mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1709IU | Vitamin C: 60mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg