Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon

7 Freestyle Points 368 Calories

This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Avocado, Blue Cheese and Bacon is simple and satisfying!

This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Avocado, Blue Cheese and Bacon is simple and satisfying!
Chopped Salad with Shrimp and Avocado

So easy to make, made with butter lettuce, avocado, tomatoes and corn and finished with a drizzle of olive oil.

Spring for me always means less comfort food, and more hearty salads for lunch and dinner. Some of my go-to’s are Rosemary Chicken Salad with Avocado and Bacon, Carne Asada Steak Salad, or Crock Pot Chicken and Black Bean Taco Salad, just to name a few but I just love a salad with shrimp and avocado (Zesty Lime Shrimp and Avocado Salad is a favorite)!

I recently got my hands on my friend Jessica’s new cookbook The Pretty Dish: More than 150 Everyday Recipes and 50 Beauty DIYs to Nourish Your Body Inside and Out (affil link) and knew I had to make this! Her cookbook is beautiful, and filled with recipes, along with themed menus, party ideas, killer playlists, and DIY beauty projects. Such a fun and beautiful cookbook!

This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon is simple and satisfying!

I slightly modified her recipe with calories in mind, cutting back on the cheese and using center cut bacon. I also swapped some of the bacon fat for olive oil, but really just minor tweaks. The salad was delish, and so satisfying!

Chopped Salad with Shrimp Variations:

  • If you don’t eat pork, you can swap the bacon for turkey bacon.
  • To make this Keto, omit the corn and add more avocado.
  • To make this Whole30 or Paleo, omit the cheese and corn, add more avocado and tomatoes.
  • You can halve this if you’re cooking for 1 or double to make enough for 4.

This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon is simple and satisfying!

This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon is simple and satisfying!This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon is simple and satisfying!

Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon

This hearty Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon is simple and satisfying!

Ingredients:

  • 4 slices center cut bacon, chopped
  • 1/2 pound peeled and deveined shrimp
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 ounce butter lettuce, chopped
  • 1 small corn on the cobb, grilled or roasted
  • 1 ounce blue cheese or gorgonzola
  • 1/2 cup halved cherry tomatoes
  • 2 ounces diced avocado (1 half small haas)
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • kosher salt and black pepper, to taste

Directions:

  1. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the bacon. Cook until crisp and the fat is rendered.
  2. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel using a slottted spoon.
  3. Remove all but 1 teaspoon of the bacon grease and discard the rest.
  4. Add the shrimp and garlic to the skillet and cook 3 minutes, until opaque. Remove and chop into bite sized pieces.
  5. To assemble the salad divide between 2 plates or toss everything together in a large bowl.
  6. Serve right away, drizzled with 1 teaspoon olive oil, salt and pepper over each salad.

Nutrition Information

Yield: 2 servings, Serving Size: 1 salad

  • Amount Per Serving:
  • Freestyle Points: 7
  • Points +: 9
  • Calories: 368 calories
  • Total Fat: 19g
  • Saturated Fat: 6g
  • Cholesterol: 188mg
  • Sodium: 590mg
  • Carbohydrates: 14.5g
  • Fiber: 4g
  • Sugar: 3g
  • Protein: 35g

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posted April 16, 2018 by Gina