Pasta Seafood Salad

TeresaS's Note:

Yep! Another seafood salad. This one is from "KCTS Cooks-Favorite Recipes" cookbook. Sent in by Carol out of Seattle. She says this is one of her favorite pasta salads. She has brought this salad to lots of potlucks and it has always been a great hit! I haven't tried it yet so if you do, please let me know how it turns out. :)

• Total Time: 24 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6-7

Yield: 0.5 cup

• 1 lb cooked shrimp, small, rinsed and drained
• 1 bunch green onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper (to taste)
• 1 1/2 cups celery, chopped
• 1 cup Italian salad dressing
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup lemon juice (or more to taste)
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 8 -10 ounces angel hair pasta

Directions:

1. Marinate shrimp, onion, celery, salt and lemon pepper in the Italian dressing in a large salad bowl.
2. Cook the pasta in boiling water, to which a dollop of cooking oil has been added, for 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking.
4. Toss together the pasta and marinate mixture.
5. Add mayonnaise, lemon juice and Parmesan cheese.
6. Toss salad; sprinkle more cheese on top.
7. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

I cut this recipe in half for the 2 of us & had a wonderfully tasty salad ~ A great combo of ingredients, & a salad that I look forward to making again & again as the weather warms up! Many thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed in Zaar Stars recipe tag]

[gwynn]

This was fantastic! All the ingredients went together just perfect. Loved the amount of parmesan cheese that was in the salad. Will be serving this to guest soon. Thanks for posting this lovely recipe.

[flower7]

This is very good. I had just 12 oz shrimp so reduced accordingly. I used Italian Dressing Seasoning Dry Mix (made into dressing) and left out the celery. I also did not have lemon pepper so just left it and the salt out (the dressing had enough). Used medium shell pasta instead of angel hair. Next time I might add some diced bell pepper in place of the celery. This was very tasty for lunch today. Thanks for posting!