Category Archives: Sandwiches

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Mom’s Crab Salad

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When I was a little tike, my mom used to make a crab salad that was divine with Ritz crackers.

We were talking tonight and she shared here little piece of heaven.

Granted, not able to leave perfection alone, I have added my own slight modifications (noted accordingly) based on things I have seen or learnt over the years.

Servings: 4 – 6
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
  • 300g crabmeat, prawns or lobster (or combo)
  • 2 ribs celery, finely chopped
  • 1 Tbsp white onion, grated (when speaking to mom, we thought that I could tone this down for Zoey by sautéing them instead)
  • 1 Tbsp mayonnaise (Hellman’s real)
  • 1/2 Tbsp sour cream
  • 1/2 Tbsp hot sauce (my addition)
  • Salt and Pepper
  • ½ lemon – juiced to taste (my addition)
Directions:
  1. Dice celery and onion
  2. Brown onion in pan with olive oil on medium heat until fully translucent and just starting to brown (roughly 10 minutes) stirring constantly.
  3. Combine celery, onion, mayo, sour cream and hot sauce in a medium bowl.
  4. Add the seafood in the bowl and mix.
  5. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste.

You can serve this immediately. Great on crackers as a dip, filling for sandwiches or stuffed in ripe avocado!

Special thanks to my mom for sharing her secret!

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Buddy’s Plate Licker

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Yep, that’s right – Plate Licker!

Run out of ideas on what to do with left over roast beef – try this and then struggle from then on to do anything but this! (Requires leftovers from Buddy’s BaconBeef or create your own substitute)

Servings: 2 – 4
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes or so
Ingredients:
  • 2tsp Olive Oil (I used homemade garlic olive oil)
  • 1/2 Red Onion (thinly sliced)
  • 2 Cloves Garlic (minced)
  • 400ml Beef bouillon / consume or readymade beef gravy
  • 2Tbsp Double Concentrate Tomato Puree
  • 3Tbsp Cornflour
  • ~1/2cup Left over Bacon / Mushroom mixture from BaconBeef (chopped)
  • 3cups Left over Beef slices from BaconBeef (cut into thin strips)
Directions:
  1. Sautee the onions in olive oil until translucent then add minced garlic and cook until just browned
  2. Add Chopped BaconBeef bacon / Mushroom mixture
  3. Brown all together and cook for approx 1 minute
  4. Add Cornflour to browned onion bacon mixture
  5. Mix until combined and cook for an additional minute
  6. Add Beef Bullion / Gravy
  7. Add Double Concentrate Tomato Puree
  8. Add Sliced Beef
  9. Stir to blend in all ingredients until the tomato puree is fully blended
  10. Simmer to thicken

Serve immediately over toast, rigatoni pasta or in a hoagie bun as a sandwich (bit like a sloppy joe)

Wow, getting caught licking your plate is understandable!

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