Categories: Salad- Salad Dressings- Slaw

Ingredients

• 16 stalks asparagus
• 1 (8 1/4 oz.) can pickled whole beets
• 2 green onions, minced
• 1/2 lb. cooked baby shrimp
• 1 lemon
• 4 hard cooked eggs (optional)
• Dressing:
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2/3 tsp. beet juice
• 2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Wash asparagus. Break off and discard tough ends. Cut off tips. Cut the stalks into long diagonal slices. Blanch slices in 1 cup of boiling water with 1/4 tsp. salt, covered, 3 minutes. Add tips and cook 1 minutes. Drain. Put ice cubes on top to chill rapidly. Drain off water.

2. Drain beets bit reserve a little of the liquid. Cut beets in half and add onion, shrimp, chilled asparagus. Squeeze lemon juice over the ingredients. Toss. Refrigerate. Mix dressing ingredients together and chill.

3. Line 6 salad plated with lettuce. Top with salad ingredients. Cut eggs into quarters and garnish plate with two wedges of egg. Serve dressing separately.

4. For dressing: Blend all three ingredients together.

5. makes 1 cup

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