20+ Refreshing Summer Salads
The best summer salads are easy to toss together, highlight fresh, in-season produce, and taste extra juicy and delicious—like this mango avocado shrimp salad. Watch the video below for three summer salad recipes that are also great for meal prep!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 pound raw shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 2 large mango (diced)
- 2 avocado (diced)
- 2 celery ribs (sliced)
- 1 red bell pepper (diced)
- ¼ cup finely chopped cilantro
- ¼ cup finely chopped red onion
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 garlic clove (minced)
- kosher salt and ground black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- 1
Cook the shrimp. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the shrimp and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until cooked through and pink.
- 2
Make an ice water bath. While the shrimp are cooking, prepare an ice water bath. Remove the shrimp to the ice water bath using a skimmer. Let them cool for 3 minutes, then drain them in a colander.
- 3
Make the salad. Add the shrimp, mango, avocado, celery, bell pepper, cilantro, and red onion to a mixing bowl.
- 4
Make the dressing. In a small bowl, stir together the olive oil, lime juice, honey, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- 5
Toss with the dressing. Pour the dressing on top of the salad and stir to combine.