I don’t want to miss things before they’re already gone, but it’s kind of my specialty. I’ll be two bites into a cookie — already mourning it, or on a vacation, like I was last May with Kate and Sabrina, staring into turquoise water, sipping a piña colada, and at least a tinge of my blissed-out vacation high will be, Don’t end don’t end don’t end.
I continually have to work on enjoying the moment, because wishing for more can end up wishing it away.
For the rest of the season, I’m committed to savoring every last summery thing — sandals, long days, Fire Island, cookouts, warmth, Cape Cod, lobster rolls, eating outside, and, of course, all of my favorite fresh fruits and veggies.
This salad really helps. It’s got some of summer’s best produce: sweet peaches — grilled, which helps to concentrate their natural sweetness even more, fresh corn on the cob — no cooking required, juicy ripe tomatoes, red onion, romaine, creamy avocado…and all of that freshness gets topped off with chili spice-rubbed shrimp. This mix has so much goin’ on you might not even need a dressing, but I love the way blue cheese pairs with the shrimp and peaches. Below I’ve included nutrition info for the salad with and without dressing (the good news: it’s only around 300 calories either way).
About two weeks ago, I discovered Bolthouse Farms chunky blue cheese yogurt dressing and let me tell you — it’s fantastic. (Not sponsored, just found this item while browsing). If you’re like me, you’ve probably passed by the Bolthouse dressings in the grocery store (in the cold case in the produce section) a hundred times and wondered, What’s the deal with those? Turns out they’re kind of a big deal.
For a dressing that’s yogurt-based, it doesn’t have an especially pronounced yogurt tang. And it’s also not very thin consistency-wise–which was a pleasant surprise considering it’s only 35 calories per serving and ultra-low cal dressings tend to be watery. You would never believe it’s only 35 calories. I swear.
I hope you love this summer salad as much as I do!
Summer Shrimp Salad with Grilled Peaches and Fresh Corn
Ingredients
- 1 head romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 medium red onion thinly sliced
- 2 ears sweet corn kernels cut off the cob
- 2 medium tomatoes chopped
- 1 avocado pitted and sliced
- 1 ½ pounds large shrimp peeled, deveined, tails removed
- 6 wooden skewers soaked in water for about 1 hour
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 peaches pitted and sliced
- ½ cup Bolthouse Farms Chunky Blue Cheese Yogurt Dressing
Instructions
- Divide the romaine among 4 large plates or bowls. Repeat with the red onion, corn, tomato, and avocado.
- In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Thread the shrimp onto the wooden skewers. Season the shrimp evenly on both sides with the spice mixture.
- Preheat your grill to high. Lightly spray the shrimp skewers and the peach slices with an oil mister or cooking spray. Grill the shrimp until pink and opaque, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Grill the peaches until grill marks are present on both sides, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Slide the shrimp off the skewers and divide them, along with the grilled peaches, among the salad plates. Drizzle each plate with 2 tablespoons of dressing.
This salad looks amazing. The combination of grilled peaches and chilli sounds really different, spicy and sweet! I wish I could live more in the moment, I’m always looking toward the future when things will be ‘better’, which is silly. Who says it will be better than right now?
Thank you Cristina! And so true–how can we be sure the future will be better? xo
Ahhh I am so glad you’re back to blogging!!! Will this be a regular occurrence now?
The salad looks delicious. I’ve missed your recipes big time.
xo
Thank you, love!! Yes, I’m coming back full-force :)
I’ve bought Bolthouse Farms dressing before and it is so ridiculously good and unbelievably low-calorie. This salad looks so delish!
I need to try all the other flavors! Cilantro avocado sounds delicious. Have you had the greek yogurt ones?
Cilantro avocado is my favorite! Second favorite is the ranch.
I love shrimp and avocado together, and would be all over this salad!
Thank you B! xoxo
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I was hesitant with the cheese at first, but I checked out Bolthouse. It’s fantastic. No high fructose corn syrup or any artificial flavoring. Not bad. Andy great idea about grilling the peaches to make it concentrated. Wow never knew that. And I love how the shrimp came out.
Thanks CV! Yeah the ingredients aren’t too bad!
Just stumbled across this blog and am loving all the recipes so far. This salad looks amazing. I am a pescatarian and always on the look out for a great shrimp recipe. I am going to try it out this week for sure.
Thank you Jo-Ann!
Their Blue Cheese is my FAVE! I can’t wait to try this salad, as it totally screams summer. Glad you’re enjoying yours!
xoxox Thanks, friend :)
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Sarah, thank you so, so much — for the kindness and for the tip! I need to look into this ASAP!!
You’re welcome Andie! I wish you the best of luck.
Loving this salad!! I can’t wait for your cookbook to come out too. Just finished your book and it’s totally changed my eating habit & I’ve lost 10 pounds so far! Thank you for all your inspiration Andie!
Wow really?! That’s amazing!! I’m so so inspired!! WAY TO GO!!!!
This looks great and I love the combo of fruit and blue cheese.
Thank you, Cindy! I just love everything you make so this is a huge compliment :)
This salad looks divine, but I’m allergic to shrimp :( what else do you recommend I substitute it with?
Thank you! Chicken would work just as well because the flavor is so mild!
1. I made this last night. SO good.
2. I tried to share via Twitter on this page and it shares via your old handle @stayfordinner, which is now a soccer mom :) Just thought I’d pass on the info!
Thanks for all your awesome recipes! Keep ’em coming.
I’m am SO HAPPY you made it! Yes! And thank you so so much for the tip on the Twitter thing! I’ve gotta look into that… :)
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This is my new FAVORITE salad. We had it for dinner tonight with my own homemade blue cheese dressing and it was so good that I’m making it again for lunch tomorrow! The combo of grilled peaches and the shrimp was amazing.
Ah I’m SO GLAD! Thanks Rachel!! xo
This salad looks awesome! And I’m SO happy your posts are showing up on Bloglovin’ now! I had followed your blog a long time ago but the posts would never show up in my feed. So yay! :)
This looks so fresh and pretty, Andie! Love it.
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