Garlic & Spiced Shrimp Shell Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 quarts water
• 2 cups small shell pasta
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 lb fresh shrimp or 1 lb boiled small shrimp, devined, tails off, chopped small pieces
• 1 1/2 cups diced celery
• 2/3 cup diced onion
• 1 1/2 cups diced fresh carrots
• 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
• 2 cherry peppers, chopped with seeds (optional)
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon salt or 1 teaspoon salt substitute
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 1 cup miracle whip (or 1 cup mayonnaise with 1 tsp lemon juice and 2 3 gram packets splenda sugar substitute)

Recipe

• 1 in large stockpot, bring water and 1 tsp salt to a boil.
• 2 add shell macaroni and stir.
• 3 cook 8 to 10 minutes, ala dente. rain and rinse.
• 4 while macaroni cooking,place shrimp in a ziplock bag with olive oil, paprika, garlic, salt or salt substitute, pepper,thyme, and oregano. shake,shake, shake and set aside in refrigerator.
• 5 in large serving bowl, add all of the chopped and diced vegetables, sweet pickle relish. add cooked shells, stir.
• 6 in saute pan, add shrimp and oil and spices.
• 7 saute just a few minutes, turning with a spatula until the diced and chopped pieces are cooked.
• 8 pour the entire contents of pan over the vegetables and shells. stir until mixed.
• 9 add miracle whip dressing or the substitute dressing as stated.mix.
• 10 add 1 tsp salt and 1/4, 1/2 or 1 tsp pepper to taste. my family likes the entire 1 teaspoon pepper. your family may like a lesser taste of pepper. serve or cool to serve later.