Dearest eaters and readers, thank you for joining me for today’s Tasty Tuesday’s post where I’m making easy faux seafood salad. I am joining Erlene at My Pinterventures for this month’s Pinterest Challenge and blog hop. I haven’t joined up with Erlene since this post in January. Glad to be back it again!
The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to bring those pins to fruition! If you are like me, you pin with great abandon. And enthusiasm. These Pinterventure posts ensure that I try at least one of the zillions of pins I’ve saved. For this month’s Pinterventure challenge, there was no theme. I decided to take advantage of the post falling on a Tuesday to share a Tasty Tuesday recipe.
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Pinterventures 07.2020
The pin I chose was this easy faux crab salad recipe shared by Sabrina from Dinner, Then Dessert. It has been so darn hot the last few weeks. Too hot to enjoy much time on our patio or in our pool. That’s hot!! So I’ve been pinning light, easy prep recipes.
Last week I fixed a skinny lasagna roll-up recipe that had to be baked in the oven. Decided to bake it early in the day so that when it was 110* outside that afternoon, it wouldn’t feel almost that hot in the kitchen. This faux seafood salad recipe calls for things I generally have on hand…except for the crab. Or krab.
So this morning, I ran to Walmart to pickup a pound of crab. Mixed up this recipe in just a few moments and put it in the frig to chill until dinner. Meet me in the kitchen and let’s get dinner started.
Let’s Get Cooking: Easy Faux Seafood Salad
When I decided to make this for dinner, I originally planned to add those tiny cocktail shrimp in with the crab. But my Walmart was out of almost all things seafood. I was lucky to find the crab I needed. Here are the ingredients you will need.
See what I mean? Just a few ingredients required.
The Recipe
- 1 pound imitation crab meat - I used smaller flaked crab
- 1 shallot minced (you can use red onion if you need) - I used red onion
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise - I used 1/4 c light mayo and 1/4 c nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup celery minced
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon dill
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt - I used Himalayan pink salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
The original recipe calls for spreading the salad onto a crusty hoagie-type roll. I prefer soft bread and chose croissants instead.
The Directions
The directions for my Pinterventures 07.2020 recipe are so simple. I had dinner ready in less than 15 minutes.
- Chop red onion and celery, I used this vegetable chopper my BFF Sharon gave me years ago
- Place in a medium-sized bowl
- Add mayo or mayo/yogurt and mix
- Blend in spices, salt and pepper
- Add crab, break larger pieces into smaller pieces
- Combine all ingredients thoroughly until the crab is shredded into smaller flakes
- Chill for an hour or so
- Serve on roll, croissant or atop leaf lettuce
Dinner tonight was 3 types of salad. The easy faux seafood salad, a pistachio Cool Whip pineapple salad I’ve known as Watergate salad (does that date me?), and an Asian salad in a bag from Walmart.
Had thought we would eat on the patio but guess what?? It rained just as I had dinner ready. I was so excited that I grabbed my camera and ran outside to take pictures.
So, we ate happily at the kitchen table and watched the rain fall out the French doors.
This was a feel good supper. Maybe with the exception of the croissant. The salads were tasty and satisfying without leaving us feeling like stuffed Thanksgiving turkeys. The only thing that might have been missing was a crispy white wine. Hope you will give this recipe a try.
Your Turn
Do you ever have salads for a main meal? The next salad I try is going to be this Asian sesame chicken pasta. Especially if these temperatures don’t soon improve. Maybe I will make it for my next Tasty Tuesday recipe.
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Thank you for visiting today for Pinterventures 07.2020. Hope I’ve tempted you to try this easy faux seafood salad. My Prince had seconds. I think you’ll like it, too!!
Hugs and kisses,
My husband would love this crab salad. Any easy dinner is a win for me.
I hear ya!!
Em says
This looks delicious, easy and refreshing, Leslie! Definitely a company worthy dish.
I’ll be right over!
Oh, I would love for you to come over. We could have salad and white wine and swim!!
Dara says
I’m not a huge fan of imitation crab, but my husband is!
Sub in the real crab!! Or shrimp!!
I bet that salad was delicious on the croissant! This is something our family would enjoy.
My Prince Charming is already asking for it again. The salad was low cal…the croissant, not so much.
Gail @Purple Hues and Me says
Looks delicious, Leslie, and my hubby would love this. He loves imitation crab, and makes salads out of it all the time - but me not so much!
Mix some up for the hubs with imitation crab and add shrimp or chicken to yours instead. It was easy and low cal and delish!
This would be perfect for a nice luncheon. I am going to save this to make. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, friend!! It was pretty scrumptious.
That looks delicious! We used to make a similar crab salad growing up and I haven’t thought of it in years. Pinned.
Thank you, doll!! We really liked it and I will be making again this week (already)!!
Yum! Thanks for sharing! I absolutely love seafood salad!
Hope you will give this recipe a try. PC loved it!
Yum! This looks so tasty! I love having these cold meals as options when it’s too hot to turn on the oven. My hubby is allergic to imitation crab, but I’m sure i could use canned crab in place! Can’t wait to give this a shot!
Yes, add canned crab or shrimp. This was really tasty and easy!!
I love the idea of these salads served on a croissant, I would never think to do that but it sounds delicious. The summer really hasn’t taken off here in the UK, we’ve had a few nice weeks but nothing to write home about. Fingers crossed for some salad weather soon!
Hope you will try this seafood salad. It was big hit with my P. Charming.
Karen says
This is a great idea to have a day set aside to try out recipes found on Pinterest & online avenues. I have some canned salmon & was wondering what to make with it. Perhaps a salad on some type of special bread. Thanks for the idea!
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Yum!!! This recipe sounds delicious, Leslie. I especially like your substitution of croissants. Great choice!
Thank you, Donna. Hope you will give it a go. PC is asking for it again!!
Kellyann Rohr says
Yum! I mush make this soon - I love imitation crab, sometimes I buy package and just eat it with a fork!
xo,
Kellyann
What fork??? I eat the imitation crab with my fingers!! So good!
Jill says
This sounds so delicious and is the perfect meal for a warm summer day! I’m pinning so I can make this soon!
Jill - Doused in Pink
Hope you will try this seafood salad. PC is asking for it again!!
Daenel T. says
That salad looks delicious. It reminds me of the lobster roll from Captain D’s. I think I’ll give it a try.
Oooo, Captain D”s!!! Love their hushpuppies. Haven’t had one in a blue moon, though.
This looks delicious! I just made a cold chicken salad with very similar ingredients but I didn’t like it with the mayo so I put my serving in a colander and rinsed all the mayo off and then I loved it. I think I have a simpler palette than most. My husband thought I was nuts.
Ha!! You are a cutie. I prefer Greek yogurt to the mayo, myself.
April says
This looks delicious!! And I love the idea of getting together online to try out things we pin. I rarely make the things I pin. I definitely need to get in on this.
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T'onna | Sew Crafty Crochet says
I love seafood, and your seafood salad looks very tasty! I bet it is really good on a croissant. I’m pinning this to make later!
Mmm, this seafood salad was delish. My hubs is asking for it again.
This looks delicious! I tried to pin it, but I kept getting an error saying they couldn’t fetch the image. Must be issues with Pinterest today! I will try again later.
Hi Cheryl, I am having trouble with pinning from my blog, too. Not sure what happens. But appreciate you stopping by and commenting.
This is a really quick and easy recipe. I liked it. Thanks for sharing!
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That looks like a great cold seafood salad. Perfect for the summer 🙂
Thank you!!