Shrimp or Swim?

So your probably wondering what is up with the title of this post?  It is my somewhat feeble attempt at a play on the phrase sink or swim.  What does this mean you ask? I think I may have gotten to a point in my life where clogging my arteries continually or maybe I just wanted some seafood and thought i would challenge my skills in creative dish making.  Either way you look at it I made what I feel is a tasty creation that is also good for you. For lack of a better description I think we will keep it simple and call it my Twisted Shrimp Salad.

So you may be wonderind what makes it twisted and how can I make this. Well it's quite easy and here are the directions as well as the recipe list.

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb of peeled and deviened Shrimp
• 2 heads of mixed lettuce mix
• 1 - 2 medim sized cucumbers sliced
• 1 small can of mandrin oranges
• 1/4 cup of quality extra virgin olive oil
• 1/8 cup white balsamic vinegar
• 1/8 cup of liquid from mandarin orange can.
• Sea salt for taste and seasoning of shrimp
• Twisted all purpose spice mix
• Fresh ground pepper for seasoning and dressing

Directions

1. Season shrimp with sea salt and twisted spice mix(if you do not have any twisted spice mix you can use pepper or a Cajun spice mix) and let sit while you prepare the rest.
2. Rough chop your lettuce to bite size and add combine with cucumbers in a salad bowl.
3. Put some olive oil in a pan on the stove over medium heat. Once the pan is heated add the shrimp(depending on the size of the shrimp will directly affect your cooking time) it should take about 2-3 minutes on each side.
4. While shrimp is cooking combine olive oil, white balsamic, mandarin juice, sea salt & fresh cracked pepper. Whisk together to combine
5. Add mandarin oranges to salad mix and pour dressing over salad. Toss to evenly coat
6. Take any remaining mandarin juice and use it to deglaze the pan that the shrimp are cooking in.
7. Put shrimp in salad and pour the rest of the pan glaze into the salad and toss again.

Ready to serve and enjoy.

I hope you enjoy this dish as much as I did.