Lettuce Refresh and Relax

With this stifling summer heat, it’s important to stay cool and hydrated. Also essential is to keep everyone out of the kitchen and relaxing in the garden. What better way than with this simple, refreshing and flavourful salad served in it’s very own lettuce bowl?

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  iceberg lettuce
• 1  avocado, diced
• 2  spring onions, finely sliced
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 2  small courgettes, diced
• 1  finely chopped red chili pepper
• 200  g  cooked brown shrimp
• 1  lime, juice and zest of, plus
• 1  extra lime, cut into wedges to serve
• 2 -3  dashes Tabasco sauce
•  finely chopped chives

Directions

1. 1. Put the avocado and spring onions in a bowl. Season well and mix everything together.
2. 2. Heat the oil in a pan over a low heat then stir in the courgette and chilli. Cook for 1 minute, then stir in the shrimps, lime zest and juice, Tabasco and 2 tbsp water. Heat through for a minute, then spoon into the bowl with the chopped vegetables. Season well.
3. 3. Cut the Iceberg lettuce in half then arrange some of the cups of lettuce on each plate, dividing them equally.
4. 4. Spoon over the warm shrimp mixture, then scatter with the chives and serve with the lime wedges.