Warm Seafood Salad Recipe

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"Here's a recipe that's sized right for two seafood lovers," Lillian Julow says of her easy entree salad. Served over a bed of greens, sauteed scallops and shrimp get plenty of flavor from garlic and a homemade vinaigrette.

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Warm Seafood Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

15 5 20

Ingredients

1/4 cup chopped red onion
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 teaspoons olive oil, divided
1/2 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/3 pound bay scallops
1 garlic clove, minced
4 cups spring mix salad greens

Directions

In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the first seven ingredients; add 2 teaspoons oil. Shake well; set aside.
In a large skillet, cook the shrimp, scallops and garlic in remaining oil over medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque.
Divide the greens between two salad plates; top with seafood mixture. Shake dressing and drizzle over salads. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving equals 264 calories, 11 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 193 mg cholesterol, 934 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 33 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 2 fat, 1 vegetable.

Originally published as Warm Seafood Salad in Light & Tasty June/July 2006, p61