How to Prepare Delicious Summer Shrimp Pasta Salad

Summer Shrimp Pasta Salad. Make this easy shrimp and pasta salad for your next picnic or potluck! It's made with tiny pink shrimp, pasta, a handful of veggies, and a simple lemon vinaigrette. I made this dish last night and it was wonderful.

When you have beautiful and seasonal ingredients on hand, turning out a delicious meal is so simple. That's the main idea behind today's squash-, spinach. This shrimp ceviche-inspired pasta salad stars lime-marinated shrimp, avocados, grape tomatoes, onion, and cilantro all tossed with corkscrew pasta. You can have Summer Shrimp Pasta Salad using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Summer Shrimp Pasta Salad

1. Prepare 1 box of Angel Hair Pasta.
2. Prepare 1 lb of Any size shrimp, Thawed..
3. It's 1/2 cup of Green onion, Chopped.
4. Prepare 6 oz of Feta Cheese.
5. You need 1/2 can of Hot Rotel.
6. It's 1 bunch of Cilantro chopped.
7. Prepare 1 clove of Garlic.
8. Prepare 3 oz of Black Olives.
9. You need 1 of olive oil, extra virgin.
10. You need 1 of Cavender's All Purpose Greek Seasoning.
11. It's 1 dash of salt.
12. Prepare 1 dash of ground black pepper.
13. You need 3 of pads of Butter.
14. You need 1 of lemon.

Zesty Feta and Shrimp Summer Pasta Salad. In this salad, the hot pasta will wilt the spinach and soften the squash. Firm tofu, cut into cubes and cooked in a nonstick pan, can be used in place of shrimp. This shrimp and pasta salad is the perfect main dish salad for a hot summer lunch or dinner.

Summer Shrimp Pasta Salad instructions

1. Boil pasta according to directions..
2. Thaw Shrimp and sautee in butter and Extra Virgin Olive Oil and garlic. Cook for 2 mins on each side or until done. Squeeze 1/2 lemon to shrimp while it sautees..
3. Once pasta is done, run under cold water. Add Olive oil so it won't stick. Shrimp should be done..
4. Chop green onion and cilantro. Add to cold pasta and toss with shrimp.
5. Add feta, 1/2 can of drained rotel, can of black olives and season with Cavender's Seasoning to your liking..
6. Toss in a little more Olive oil and refrigerate overnight or enjoy right away..
7. ENJOY ;).

The dressing is a lightly seasoned mayonnaise mixture with some spicy brown mustard to give it tanginess. Use a reduced-fat mayonnaise in this salad. Shrimp Pasta Salad Recipe photo by Taste of Home. In a large bowl, combine pasta, shrimp, peas, green onions and parsley. It's not only good as a side dish, but in the summer, I make it as a meal and just add more shrimp.