Salad is one of the best appetizers because it is easy to make, comes with a variety of taste and loaded with nutrients. If you are weight-conscious, you will surely love munching on a vegetable or fruit salad. For the meat lovers, they will enjoy taking a bite of salad that includes cooked chicken, bacon bits or ham. You can give the salad a delightful taste by adding in your choice of dressing. Moreover, you can add croutons or garnish the salad with cheese for an additional taste.
One way to enjoy salad is by adding exotic ingredients in it. Crab salad is one of those recipes that gain popularity because of its extraordinary taste. In addition, crab is rich in Iodine, which is essential for healthy thyroid functioning. The distinct taste and nutritious goodness of crab makes this type of salad quite a treat for anyone.
Here are some ideas on how you can create several types of salad that features your favorite crabmeat. Check out these recipes, which you might consider making yourself.
Mango Salsa and Crab
This is a refreshing dessert or appetizer for any party or everyday meals. For this recipe, you should first combine the ingredients for the salsa such as chopped tropical fruits (mango, watermelon, kiwi), scallion, cilantro leaves, lime juice, small jalapeno leaves, salt and pepper. Then, get a parfait glass and add in shredded lettuce leaves inside it. On top of the lettuce leaves, put in the crabmeat and the sour cream. Place the salsa at the very top of all the ingredients in the glass.
Pasta and Crab Salad
This delicious recipe is ideal as a dessert or snack because of this truly filling treat. Cook the pasta sheets (e.g. lasagna noodles) in a pot of boiling saltwater. Then, cut the noodles into squares measuring 4 inches. Afterwards, combine the other ingredients such as the mayonnaise, chives, lemon juice, crabmeat, peas and pepper. This mixture makes the crab salad. Assemble the pasta by putting the salad on one pasta sheet. Top it with another sheet, which you will use to put in another scoop of the salad. Get another sheet of pasta as the topmost cover. You can make as many sets of this crab and pasta salad.
Baked Crab and Shrimp Salad
If you are bored with the usual pastry that you have for dessert, this recipe will certainly make a much better alternative. This features the good combination of shrimp and crab, which are truly flavorful and nutritious. Combine several ingredients such as bell pepper, celery, onion; afterwards, toss in the shrimp and the crabmeat. Blend thoroughly before putting in the mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Once combined well, spoon the mixture and place it in the greased baking dish. Top breadcrumbs on the mixture and bake for 30 minutes until a crust has formed.
