Many salads, especially those seasoned with mayonnaise, put a heavy load not only on the stomach, but also on the prostate gland, pancreas and liver. Light snacks and salads are excellent and stand-alone dishes, and additions to various side dishes. Fresh cucumber and shrimp salad can be made with healthy recipes.
In order not to spoil the taste of shrimp and fresh cucumber salad, it is recommended to season it with either lemon juice or homemade sauce. Mayonnaise will not only make the dish heavier, but also spoil the original taste of the ingredients. An ideal sauce is "tartar".
The classic and simple recipe for shrimp and fresh cucumber salad consists of several ingredients: peeled and boiled shrimps, fresh cucumbers, green peas, herbs, boiled carrots. To prepare a salad for 4 servings, you will need: 300 g of shrimp, a jar of peas, 2 medium cucumbers, a bunch of greens, medium-sized carrots.
Large shrimps are ideal for salad. For example, royal or tiger. After boiling, it is recommended to sprinkle them with the juice of one lemon.
Cut the carrots into small cubes, peel the cucumbers and also cut into cubes. Divide the shrimp in half. Mix everything in a deep bowl, add peas without liquid. Finely chop the greens, stir in the salad. You can fill the dish with either lemon juice or sauce.
You can season the salad with lemon juice even when the shrimp has been sprinkled with it after boiling. The smaller the carrot cubes, the more interesting and delicate the taste of the whole dish.
You can prepare a salad with shrimp and fresh cucumber in a different way. For example, green onions and mustard. It is required for a salad for 4 servings: 300-400 g of shrimp, 2-3 medium cucumbers, herbs, green onions, 2-3 small tablespoons of mustard. Shrimp are cut into several parts, if the variety is large, green onions and greens are chopped, cucumbers are grated on a fine grater. Everything is mixed in a salad bowl, dressed with mustard and sauce. For taste, you can add a few cranberries or lingonberries to the salad, which will give the dish a completely new and unusual taste.
Shrimp and fresh cucumbers go well with hard cheeses. Making a salad based on these ingredients is easy. You will need boiled shrimp, skinless cucumbers, hard cheese (for example, "Russian") and boiled eggs. To make a salad for 6 servings, you need to chop 4 eggs, cut 3 cucumbers into large cubes, and cut the cheese into medium cubes. Mix everything in a deep container, add 300 g of shrimp, season the salad with sauce.
Homemade tartar sauce for dressing is prepared on the basis of boiled egg yolks. They need to be ground very well, adding salt and ground pepper, lemon juice. The resulting mass is stirred, olive oil is poured in, stirring constantly. Finely chopped herbs will give the sauce a pleasant aftertaste. Any recipe for shrimp and fresh cucumber salad topped with such a sauce will be light, nutritious, hearty and healthy.
Shrimp are rich in iodine, which is vital for the human body. A salad based on them turns out to be really healthy. Shrimp also has a positive effect on the activity of the thyroid gland. Protein, which is abundant in shrimp, is easily absorbed by the body. Cucumbers and other ingredients in salads give seafood a delicious taste. The combination of greens and shrimp is low in calories. If a salad of cucumbers, shrimps and herbs is seasoned with lemon juice, then the dish will be dietary, which is important for those who monitor their weight.
