Caesar Salad with Grilled Lemon Pepper Shrimp

One thing I love about the heat? We eat light. Dinner is usually simple, quick and doesn't heat my kitchen up. Ever since I had a Caesar Salad at 1844 House - with the delicious homemade Caesar Salad Dressing, I had had the urge to try making my own. Great places with great food/menus do that to me. Mainly because you can't out every day!

One of our favorite seafoods to cook at home is shrimp. It is easy, fast and yummy! I used Ellie Krieger's recipe for Grilled Shrimp - very basic and very delicious! The Caesar Dressing is from Gourmet and what I love about it is I don't have to worry about coddling an egg (and getting queasy).

Mayonnaise Caesar Salad Dressing

adapted from Gourmet

• Dressing:
• 2 small cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese (I use the microplane zester for a fine shred)
• Pepper to taste
• Using the back of a spoon, mash the garlic and salt together to make a paste. Add the anchovy paste, dijon mustard, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Whisk in mayonnaise until blended then stir in Parmesan Cheese. Add pepper to your own taste.
• Now for the shrimp :)
• Grilled Lemon Pepper Shrimp
• from Ellie Krieger @ The Food Network
• 1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
• Juice of 1 lemon

Toss shrimp with salt, pepper and olive oil. Grill 2-3 minutes on each side until shrimp is pink. Remove from grill and toss with lemon juice.