••••KEY LIME SHRIMP SALAD WITH GRILLED BANANAS••••

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Best Key Lime Shrimp Salad With Grilled Bananas Recipe

You'll think you've taken a vacation when you serve this tropical salad with key lime-marinated grilled shrimp with grilled bananas and pineapple!

Prep Time:10 minutes
Total Time:25 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Servings:4

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Ingredients:

• 1    head Butter lettuce (or FreshExpress® Sweet Tender Greens™ salad mix)
• 1/4   cup  Extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4   cup  Key lime juice
• 1    clove Garlic, minced
• 1    Green onion, minced
• 1/4   tsp.  Seasoned salt

• 1   pinch  Allspice
• 20    large Shrimp, cleaned and butterflied (with shells and tails)
• 1   Tbsp.  Honey
• 4   whole  Chiquita Bananas, unpeeled, sliced in half lengthwise
• 1    fresh Chiquita Pineapple, top and bottom cut off, cored and quartered lengthwise
• 1/4   cup  toasted Coconut or chopped Macadamia nuts, optional

Instructions for best Key Lime Shrimp Salad with Grilled Bananas Recipe

Divide lettuce on individual dinner-size plates; set aside. In a jar with a tight fitting lid combine the oil, key lime juice, garlic, green onion and seasoned salt and allspice. Pour about half of this dressing/marinade into a medium size bowl. Add shrimp and stir to coat. Add honey to the remaining dressing/marinade in the jar; shake well. Heat a large grill pan over medium-high heat. Baste the cut sides of the pineapple with the marinade and place a cut side of the pineapple quarters on hot pan. Grill 2 minutes per cut side, then place alongside edge of lettuce on plates. Baste the banana halves with the dressing/marinade and place cut side down on hot grill pan. Cook about 2 minutes or until brown grill marks appear. Add grilled bananas to the plates. Place marinated shrimp on the same hot grill pan; discard the marinade in the shrimp bowl. Cook for 2 minutes per side then add to the salads. Drizzle remaining key lime-honey dressing/marinade (from jar) over salad and top with toasted coconut or chopped Macadamia nuts, if desired. Serve immediately. 

Serving Suggestion: Place a pretty empty bowl in the center of the table for diners to place shrimp shells and fruit peels into as they enjoy their meal.

Beverage Pairings: Try with a fruity beer or a frosty mojito.