Maple Shrimp Salad is a sweet and savory dish that can be served as an entrée or as a side salad for dinner. It reminds me of warm, slightly saccharine spring nights. The kind where you sit for hours after dinner is served, and bask in the extended daylight hours.

For this salad, I used pre-cooked, peeled shrimp with no tails to save on time. There’s not a lot of prep time involved, you will just need to ensure the shrimp is thoroughly cooked before serving; it should be an orange color [uncooked shrimp is blue].

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Yields 6 servings of Maple Shrimp Salad

The Preparation

6 ounces mixed greens
16 ounces feta cheese, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
32 ounces shrimp
1/2 medium onion, chopped
2 medium red bell pepper, diced
3 teaspoons olive oil
5 teaspoons ruled.me maple syrup
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice

The Execution

1. Pre-heat a pan on the stove then melt the butter.

2. Add minced garlic to melted butter. Place shrimp in the pan. Sauté until lightly browned.

3. Remove the pan from the stove and allow the shrimp to cool.

4. Mix field greens, shrimp, chopped feta, onion, and sliced red peppers in a salad bowl.

5. In a separate bowl, whisk together olive oil, sugar-free maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, and lemon juice.

6. Pour salad dressing onto salad. Toss so ingredients are evenly coated.

This makes a total of 6 servings of Maple Shrimp Salad. Each serving comes out to be 580 calories, 196.5g fats, 6.4g net carbs, and 215.6g protein.

NUTRITION	CALORIES	FAT	CARBS	FIBER	NET CARBS	PROTEIN
6 ounce mixed greens	48	0.8	8.9	3.5	5.4	3.8
16 ounce feta cheese	1197	96.5	18.6	0	18.6	64.5
2 tablespoon butter	203	23	0	0	0	0.2
1 teaspoon garlic	4	0	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.2
32 ounce shrimp	771	4.6	0	0	0	182.3
1/2 medium onion	19	0.1	4.4	0.8	3.6	0.6
2 medium red bell pepper	71	0.7	13.9	4.8	9	2.3
3 teaspoon olive oil	119	13.5	0	0	0	0
5 teaspoon ruled.me maple syrup	1040	1,039.6	1,039.6	1,039.6	0	1,039.6
2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar	2	0	0.1	0	0.1	0
1 tablespoon lemon juice	3	0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.1
Totals	3478	1,178.8	1,087.2	1,048.8	38.4	1,293.6
Per Serving (/6)	580	196.5	181.2	174.8	6.4	215.6