Monday, May 17, 2010

Shrimpy Rice Salad

Bringing this to Amerie's First Birthday tonight.
  • 1 cup long grain rice
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1/3 cup chopped celery
  • 1/3 cup chopped green pepper
  • 1/3 cup chopped orange pepper
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
  • 1 cup cooked shrimp (canned, fresh or frozen, thawed)
  • 3 TBSP Low-fat salad dressing
  • 1 TBSP Milk
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 4 cups shredded lettuce
  • 16 tomato wedges or grape tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup French dressing
Cook rice in boiling water until tender. Turn into bowl. Cool.

Add next 5 ingredients. Stir.

Spread lettuce on platter. Spoon salad mixture in center almost to edge. Arrange tomato wedges around outside edge. Drizzle French dressing over just before serving. Makes 8 1/2 cups salad.

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