Today's Recipe If you don't know what to have for dinner tonight ... One serving of this salad provides you with a very good source of vitamin D and K, important components for healthy bones. The shrimp will help boost your intake of those hard-to-find omega-3 fatty acids, which will help to keep inflammation at bay. Quick and easy, you can enjoy this salad as a light meal on its own or as a side salad to accompany a larger meal. Prep and Cook Time: 15 minutes Ingredients: -
1 lb large shrimp -
3 TBS fresh lemon juice -
2 TBS extra virgin olive oil -
4 medium cloves garlic, pressed -
3 TBS fresh chopped parsley -
1 large firm ripe tomato chopped, seeds and excess pulp removed -
salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste -
pinch red pepper flakes Directions: -
Press garlic and let sit for at least 5 minutes to bring out its health-promoting properties. -
Use a 3 quart saucepan filled halfway with water. Add salt to taste and 3 TBS of lemon juice and bring to a boil. -
While water is coming to a boil, peel shrimp. Make a slight slit down the back of each shrimp and rinse out black vein. Add to boiling water and cook just until they are pink, about 1-2 minutes. -
When water is at full boil place shrimp into and cook just until they are pink, about 1-2 minutes. -
Dry shrimp with paper towels to remove excess water. If not, it will dilute the flavor. Make sure shrimp is well dried. Toss with rest of ingredients while still warm. If you can let them marinate in refrigerator for an hour they would be more flavorful. Serves 4
Printer Friendly Version of Shrimp Salad In-Depth Nutritional Profile for Shrimp Salad Daily Food Tip I was wondering why tilapia was not listed on your list of World's Healthiest fish Our goal in featuring a list of 130 familiar foods on our website was to provide a foundation for the Healthiest Way of Eating. These foods had to fulfill three criteria: (1) They had to be one of the richest in nutrients in their food group and have played an important role in the diets of cultures throughout the world. This nutrient -richness also had to translate into research-based health benefits. (2) They had to be familiar foods that were readily available to the general public in the United States. By ""readily available,"", we imagined easy access at local foods markets and affordability in terms of cost. . (3) They had to taste good. Many nutritious and delicious foods did not make our list due to one or more of the reasons described above. Tilapia was a fish we did not include because it was less consistently available in local markets across the United States and less well-known in North America than other fish that we initially featured on our website. Recently, though, tilapia has been growing in popularity. According to the America Tilapia Association, it is currently the 6th most popular seafood consumed in the United States. It is a low-calorie, low-fat fish with a light, mildly sweet flavor, which can be prepared many different ways. You can find a detailed nutritional profile for tilapia online at the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 19 (2006) located at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/. It is a website that features in-depth nutrition profiles for thousands of foods. It's free and easy to use-just follow the directions on each page and within minutes, you'll find a detailed profile for tilapia. |