Healthy Shrimp Recipes

Prawns and pineapple form an extremely delicious combination in a number of cooking methods but this simple salad idea which I came up with one afternoon is probably my favourite. There are no over-powering sauces to detract from the fresh flavour of the prawns and the pineapple and the idea of dipping them in the soured cream really appealed to me. I hope you will try this simple recipe out for yourself and enjoy it as much as I frequently do.

Ingredients (Seves Two)

12 King Prawns (cooked)
4 rings of pineapple (if using canned, make sure they are in pineapple juice and not syrup)
1 small lettuce (shredded)
1/4 pint (150ml) of low fat soured cream
1 clove of garlic (crushed or very finely chopped)
1 tsp of coriander/cilantro (roughly chopped) and a small leaf to garnish

Method

Prepare the dip first, ideally at least a couple of hours in advance, by mixing the garlic and chopped coriander in to the soured cream. Put the mixture in to dipping bowls and sit in the centre of a plate, surrounding it with chopped lettuce. Cut the pineapple rings in to thirds and arrange as shown, sitting a large prawn on top of each piece.

Simple, healthy...and incredibly tasty!

One of the big attractions of shrimp is that, as well as being very tasty, they are incredibly quick to cook. They can also be bought very easily pre-cleaned and pre-cooked for you. This simple salad idea, I prepared with some pre-cooked Atlantic shrimp from my local supermarket.

Ingredients (per person)

4oz (125g) of shrimp
2 tsp of soured cream
1 clove of garlic (crushed or very finely chopped)
1 tsp roughtly chopped, fresh coriander (cilantro in USA)
4 Baby Gem lettuce leaves (shredded)
2" (5cm) of cucumber (chopped)
1 small tomato (de-seeded and roughly chopped)
A little (NB!) salt to season as required

Method

Mix the soured cream, coriander/cilantro and garlic thoroughly together in a bowl. Carefully stir in the shrimp until they are all evenly coated in the sauce.

In a similar way, mix the salad items together with a little salt and put a handful in the centre of each plate. Carefully spoon on the shrimp mixture and serve.

This delicious wrap is very easily and quickly prepared and is perfect perhaps for taking to the office for lunch.

Ingredients (per wrap)

1 brown circular wrap
1 tbsp cooked cocktail shrimp
1/2 tbsp low fat creme fraiche
1 small garlic clove (crushed)
Pinch of dried dill
1 tbsp shredded lettuce leaves

Method

Mix the shrimp, creme fraiche, garlic and dill very well together.

Heat the wrap as instructed on the packet. Usually they require about ten seconds each side in a hot dry frying pan or about fifteen seconds each side under the grill.

Spread the lettuce in a line about one inch wide, starting at the edge of the wrap and going about two-thirds of the way along a straight, imaginary diameter. Carefully arrange the shrimp mixture on top. Fold what will be the closed end of the wrap up and over, the fold starting at the end of the lettuce and shrimp line. Carefully then bring one side up and over the mix and roll the wrap.

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