This shrimp chopped salad is bursting with color and flavor thanks to lots of fresh produce and a citrus cilantro vinaigrette. Ingredients may be chopped ahead of time to make this salad a simple one to throw together for a light weeknight dinner or delicious summertime cookout side dish! Thank you to Food Lion for teaming up with me for this recipe!
Chopped salads are the best salads. I’ve been saying it for years and it’s a statement I’m pretty sure I’ll stand by forever and ever. There’s something about a fresh chopped salad I love and I’m pretty sure it centers around the fact that so many flavors burst in your mouth with every bite.
Now that the weather is warming up, soups and stews will often be replaced by salads and sandwiches and this shrimp chopped salad with a citrus cilantro vinaigrette simply screams summer. Sunshine and salads all day long!
I was recently invited to shop at a local Food Lion grocery store to check out their fresh produce. As former Floridians, we didn’t have a Food Lion nearby when Ryan and I lived in Ocala. Since I’m kind of a grocery store nerd and love checking out new-to-me stores, Chase and I hit up Food Lion to shop for our groceries earlier this week. I had no trouble filling my cart with fresh food for the week ahead, including lots of beautiful organic greens, fruit, whole grains and plenty of natural and organic food selections. Plus all of the ingredients I needed to make this chopped salad!
So many colors!
Food Lion recently launched a “How Refreshing” campaign centered around raising their standards without raising their prices. It includes expansion of their natural, organic and gluten-free product offerings. Food Lion also has a “fresh guarantee” and will give customers double their money back if they ever leave the store unsatisfied after purchasing any of the items from their produce, meat, deli, and bakery departments. Now for the salad! As the name implies, this salad does require a fair amount of chopping, but the extra effort is more than worth it because every single bite of this produce-packed salad is bursting with vibrant flavor.
And there’s something to be said for making your own salad dressing. I love knowing exactly what is in my salad dressing, especially since many of the commercial brands are filled with crazy ingredients, and this one is just about as simple as they come. And if you’re a cilantro lover like me, you must make this one soon! (Side note: It’s also fabulous as a marinade for chicken breasts!)
Shrimp Chopped Salad with Citrus Cilantro Vinaigrette
Makes four side salads
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 1 ear sweet corn, kernels removed from cob (raw kernels)
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced and chopped fennel
- 1/2 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 English cucumber, chopped
- 1 dozen cooked shrimp, deveined with tails removed pound cooked shrimp
- 1 avocado, pitted and sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
For the vinaigrette:
- 1 cup fresh cilantro
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium orange
- 1 lime
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl and toss.
- To make the vinaigrette, place cilantro, olive oil and the juice of one orange and the juice of one lime in a small food processor or a high-powered blender. Blend until smooth. Some small flakes of cilantro may remain, but the vinaigrette should be smooth when poured onto the salad.
- Pour vinaigrette onto salad and toss to coat everything in the vinaigrette. Divide salad into four salad bowls and enjoy!
This salad works well as a light summertime entrée, or serve it as a side dish at a family cookout! And if you’re not a shrimp or seafood lover, simply replace the shrimp with chicken or omit it altogether.
Enjoy! I really hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did! For more great recipes visit the Food Lion Recipe Hub.
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I love making fresh salads with both cooked and raw ingredients. The contrast of warm grilled chicken paired with cool, creamy avocado on top of a salad makes for an amazing taste and texture!
I love big fresh summer salads, this looks awesome
Eggs from our chickens with homemade salsa is so good together and so fresh!
I love to make anything with kale and avocado–also you can never go wrong with heirloom tomatoes to give your dish some acidity.
Chopped salads are so very good and you can add whatever leftover veggies and protein that you have in the fridge! Thank you for the giveaway! We do not have this grocery store here in Arkansas but I am glad to hear they are upping their produce section!
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I love making any kind of salad! Using fresh produce and putting together a funky salad is the best meal come summertime!
I love cilantro with fish like in fish tacos or in a fish salad
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I like to pair mozzarella with veggies, like a fresh tomato basil salad.
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Yum! This looks incredible! 🙂
I love pairing salads with fresh ingredients, specifically summer fruit over spinach salads! 🙂
I love making Caesar Salad with Salmon with my own homemade dressing and fresh dill!
This looks so good! I love making big, fresh salads with in season fruits and veggies! Shrimp is one of my favorite proteins to top it with too 🙂
I love a fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil melt on a really good Italian bread!
Fresh roasted veggies are my fave – w/ just a little bit of EVOO, salt, pepper, & garlic powder.
Salads are wonderful. You can pack so much healthy nutrition in one bow. Chopped salads are my fav. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Looks delicious. xo Lauren
I love avocado, and am of the opinion that almost everything is improved with the addition of avocado! I’ve really been craving shrimp, so shrimp and avocado sounds heavenly to me right now!
My current obsession: zucchini noodles with fresh sauces like pesto or chimichurri! Amazing.
The vinaigrette looks delicious and appears to be easy to make–win! I always like pairing a protein source with fresh foods.
Definitely salads te possibilities are endless. There are ao many fresh ingredients to add to a salad.
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I love to make fresh stir fry with a lot of fresh veggies and chicken. I also love to make fresh tomato salsa!
I love making a salad with mozzarella cheese, fresh tomatoes and basil with aged balsamic. Amazing!
I love to pair ahi tuna with fresh ingredients
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Fresh tomatoes with salt and pepper eaten outside in the sunshine is my absolute favorite fresh food.
I love my local Food Lion! A lot of people in my town are haters because we don’t have Trader Joe’s or Earth Fare (or Lowes, or Harris Teeter, or any other grocery stores really) around here but my Food Lion never lets me down, and it’s 5 minutes down the road. Any time I request an item or ingredient, the store manager will get it for me.
I have a recipe for super veggie sage stuffing with brussels, broccoli + kale that I love to make. I really love stuffing, plus it’s full of fresh ingredients!
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i love adding in freshly picked vegetables from my family’s garden…or freshly picked fruit that we pick from local orchards!!
I love FRESH salads, made with crisp fresh vegetables. I love adding grilled chicken or salmon. I just moved into a new house and my goal is to have my own garden and grown my own vegetables.
I love making home made burrito bowls, with fresh rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes,cucumber, bell peppers, raw corn, home made guac and salsa! Yum!
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Lightly sautéeing them or roasting/grilling them with some olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and fresh herbs and spices.
I love making homemade chicken soups with fresh ingredients, a nice chili ot even a beef stew.
Summer salads are my favorite! I love pairing fresh ingredients with grilled chicken, so happy the weather is warming up so I can grill a few times a week.
honestly I’m a salad person so about anything made into a salad makes me happy! I love to play with mixing different things together and flavors! I especially love shrimp! Cannot wait to try this!
I am going to make this salad and bring it to work for my coworker’s last day. It is perfect since after getting it all chopped you can throw it in the salad bowl and add the shrimp/dressing at the time of the party. Thank you for offering this giveaway. I always go to Food Lion when visiting in Virginia. We plan on retiring there so will be at Food Lion frequently.
I love a good summer pasta salad with fresh tomatoes and broccoli!
This looks delicious! I only wish my husband liked cilantro… I’ll have to make this when he’s out of town!
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I love grilling vegetables and pairing them with grilled chicken, especially in the summer. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love to make homemade hummus and use it as a healthy dip for veggies — makes a great appetizer or snack!
I so love to make crab salad with all fresh ingredients and also some fresh French bread yummy.
I love making fresh salads this time of year when fruits and veggies seem to get 10X more flavorful than they were in the winter! I usually top them with some turkey meatballs or a veggie burger!
I love eating fresh foods! Recently I have been making different types of veggie and chicken soups.
Also, chopping raw veggies like carrots, cucumber, celery, tomato and mixing in any kind of olive. And lightly tossing with olive oil and s&p. So addicting. And with either one just changing or adding one ingredient can make a huge difference in taste. Yum!
I like to pair lentil with fresh ingredients such as onion, spinach, garlic and kale.
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