Italian Seafood Salad

Ingredients

• 1¼ cups cleaned and cut calamari
• 1½ cups mussels (without the shell I used frozen mussels)
• 1¾ cups small shrimp cleaned (I used frozen shrimp)
• 1 stalk celery chopped
• 1 medium carrot grated
• 5-6 black olives chopped
• ¼ cup Italian parsley chopped
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1-2 pinches salt (taste before serving add if needed)

Steps

1. 1

   In a large pot of boiling water, boil for approximately 20-30 minutes the sliced calamari until tender, remove to a separate medium-sized bowl with a slotted spoon.

2. 2

   Keeping the pot of boiling water add mussels and cook 3-6 minutes, remove to the same bowl with the calamari and add the shrimp to the boiling water and boil or 3-6 minutes, remove to the same bowl.

3. 3

   Drain the fish in the medium-sized bowl a second time just to remove excess liquid and let cool. Add the chopped celery, grated carrot, chopped olives, chopped parsley , olive oil and lemon juice. Gently mix to combine well.

4. 4

   Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours to combine flavours.

5. 5

   Before serving add a little more olive oil (3-4 tablespoons) and salt if necessary, you could also add some extra chopped fresh parsley. Some people like a drizzle of Balsamic vinegar or extra lemon juice. Serve with crusty Italian bread. Enjoy!