Shrimp Pasta Caesar Salad
This salad is loaded with chopped romaine lettuce, crunchy croutons, grape tomatoes, diced avocado, penne pasta and delicious sauteed marinated shrimp for a dinner salad that's out of this world!
Ingredients
- 1 head romaine lettuce chopped, washed, and dried.
- 1 cup cut up grape tomatoes
- 1 large avocado diced
- 1/4 cup of corn kernels
- 1 cup salad croutons
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 cups uncooked Penne Pasta
- Water to cook Pasta
- 15-20 medium to large raw shrimp tails removed.
- 1 Tablespoon prepared Pesto Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil for cooking shrimp
- Cardini's Caesar dressing or other Caesar dressing
Instructions
- In a small sandwich zip lock bag place cleaned shrimp and 1 Tablespoon Pesto Sauce. Zip Lock the bag and mix together with your hands to combine pesto and shrimp. Marinate in the Refrigerator until ready to cook.
- In a large pot bring water to a boil. Add Penne pasta and cook per cooking directions on box. Drain and allow to cool 10-15 minutes.
- In a large salad bowl add prepared romaine lettuce. Corn Kernels, grape tomatoes, diced avocado,Parmesan Cheese, and Croutons.
- In a medium skillet over medium high heat add 1 Tablespoon olive oil. When pan is hot add marinated shrimp one at time. Turn when shrimp is pink and firm. Cook on other side until done. Remove from heat and place on a plate.
- Add cooled Penne pasta to Salad ingredients.
- Drizzle with Cardini's Caesar dressing and toss salad until it is mixed together well and coated in dressing.
- Plate salad and top with about 6-8 sauteed shrimp.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cupsCalories: 478kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 17gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 577mgFiber: 10gSugar: 6g
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