Healthy Shrimp, Arugula and Grapefruit Salad

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Clean eating doesn’t have to mean you live on rabbit food with no taste. This shrimp and grapefruit salad paired with pumpkin and arugula is so good. Not to mention the homemade dressing. Nothing beats the simplicity of a homemade lemon vinaigrette without the added stuff you find in stores.

This healthy grapefruit salad recipe combines the perfect variety of healthy ingredients. Greens, arugula, shrimp, cucumber and butternut squash. #healthysaladrecipes #grapefruitsalad #colorfulsalad #saladrecipes #shrimpsalad #arugulasalad

Healthy Shrimp & Grapefruit Salad Recipe

What You Will Need (Full Printable Recipe Available Below)

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Arugula 
  • 1 cup salad greens of choice
  • 1/2 cup cooked shrimp
  • 1/2 red onion sliced 
  • 1 cup roasted butternut squash
  • 1/4 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 1/4 Tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cucumber, diced
  • 1/2 grapefruit, sliced

Dressing 

  • 1 Tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp whole grain dijon mustard
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How to Make this Arugula, Shrimp & Grapefruit Salad

Directions:

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Let’s start with the dressing. Some salad recipes are nearly ruined by drenching them in unhealthy dressings. But this time we are making our own homemade dressing with just three ingredients. All you have to do is mix the lemon juice, olive oil, and mustard and set aside. I am using whole grain dijon mustard for this recipe (you can find some here) but if you don’t have any I admit that I will use plain yellow mustard in a pinch.

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Next, gather the rest of your salad ingredients.

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Preparing a Shrimp, Squash, Arugula & Grapefruit Salad

  • Cut your butternut squash into cubes. cut up squash, butternut squash, salad with squash, roasted squash salad
  • Sprinkle the squash with your cumin and cinnamon and bake on 350 degrees until soft. Keep an eye on them. You want to be able to stick a fork in the squash but you don’t want it to turn to mush. season squash, grapefruit salad with butternut squash
  • Once soft, remove the squash from the oven and set aside to cool a bit. 
  • While the squash is softening in the oven slice your red onion into thin strips. If you don’t love the bite of red onion you can soak in cold water for 10 minutes.sliced red onions, onions in water, onions for salad

Also:

  • cut the cucumber 
  • slice the grapefruit
  • wash the arugula and greens
  • peel and trim the shrimp. peel and trim shrimp, shrimp for salad

Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl, and drizzle with your dressing.

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Serve and enjoy!

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This delicious and healthy salad recipe works great as a snack, lunch or even as a side at a summer barbeque.

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Shrimp, Squash, Arugula Grapefruit Salad (Printable Version)

Shrimp Arugula Grapefruit Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash

Shrimp Arugula Grapefruit Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash

Yield: 2

This healthy grapefruit salad recipe combines the perfect variety of healthy ingredients. Greens, arugula, shrimp, cucumber and butternut squash.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup arugula
  • 1 cup salad green of choice
  • 1/2 cup shrimp, cooked, peeled & trimmed
  • 1/2 red onion, sliced
  • 1 cup butternut squash, cubed and roasted
  • 1/4 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 1/4 Tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cucumber, diced
  • 1/2 grapefruit, sliced

Dressing

  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp whole grain dijon mustard

Instructions

  1. To make the dressing - mix the lemon juice, olive oil, and mustard and set aside
  2. Cut the squash into cubes, sprinkle with cumin and cinnamon.
  3. bake squash on 350 until soft
  4. slice the red onion. soak in cold water for 10 minutes
  5. dice cucumber
  6. peel and trim shrimp
  7. slice grapefruit
  8. mix ingredients together. sprinkle with dressing and enjoy
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 2 Servings
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 284Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 599mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 8gSugar: 11gProtein: 13g

nutritional values may vary

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