Category: Soups and Salads

You can use 1 lb of shrimp in place of crab if you want or just add it with it. I also add cream of mushroom soup to mine. Melt butter, add flour and blend thoroughly. Add onions and cook slowly on low fire for 10 minutes. Add crab meat, half and half, cream of…

Make a roux until almost burned (dark chocolate).  Transfer roux to dutch oven (large pot).  Sauté onion, garlic, celery, and bell pepper in roux until wilted. Add: tomato sauce, red pepper, salt, and black pepper. Stir.  Gradually add 6 cups hot water and bay leaves while stirring.  Simmer with lid 50 minutes.  Stir occasionally.  (Add okra…

Melt butter.  Sauté green onions, thyme, bay leaf, and pepper.  Add broth, oyster liquid, artichoke liquid, artichokes, salt, and Tabasco.  Bring to boil.  Add oysters and cook until oysters curl.  Add parsley. (Lee)

Brown ground meat.  Drain if necessary.  Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin, and chili powder.  In large individual bowls, layer 1st seven ingredients.  Serve with sour cream, salsa, & peppers. *Use your favorites, such as Taco Blend cheese, Monterey Jack, cheddar, etc. Note:  You can wrap the above ingredients in taco shells, soft corn…

Mix all ingredients, except the shrimp and lettuce.  (Food processor is ideal for this.)  Pour over the shrimp and let stand for at least several hours in refrigerator (the longer, the better).  Serve on shredded lettuce. (Lee)

Pick through crabmeat for shells.  Blend crabmeat with remaining ingredients, being careful not to break up crabmeat.  Chill.  Serve on a bed of lettuce surrounded by sliced avocados and tomatoes.  Sprinkle top of crabmeat mixture with small amount of red pepper.  4 servings.  Doubles easily. Vinaigrette Dressing: In food processor or blender, drop in garlic…

Marinate green onions, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts in some of the dressing.  Before serving, add lettuce to marinated vegetables and toss with remaining dressing.  Do not season until after adding dressing and tasting. Dressing (Jerry): This is ideal for food processor.  Grate cheese and remove.  With regular blade running, drop in whole garlic clove.  Then…

To make dressing, remove artichokes from jar.  To marinade in jar add olive oil until jar is about ¾ full.  Then add red wine vinegar until the red makes up about ¼ or less of the mixture.  Then squeeze 1 garlic clove through press into jar.  Replace top and shake. Put lettuce in bowl, add…

Dressing: Mix dressing ingredients together.  Toss ingredients together. (Tinka)

Dressing: Shake all ingredients in jar.  Toss with salad ingredients and taste for seasoning (salt and pepper). (Jerry)