Posted on 02/17/2017 4:50:33 PM PST by Jamestown1630
I attended a funeral recently where the repast included an amazing Cream of Crab Soup, and I wanted to find a recipe. Since I'm a Marylander and love their crabcakes, Phillips is my first go-to for 'crab anything'. On their website, I found Shirley Phillips' recipe:
http://www.phillipsfoods.com/recipe/shirley%e2%80%b0uss-original-cream-of-crab-soup/
When you are taking care of a sick person who is trying to get his appetite back, you often wind up cooking things you don't normally eat; and instead of cooking double meals all the time you just wind up throwing in the towel and grabbing whatever you can here and there. Since Thanksgiving, I've gained 5 pounds!
It was time to go back to low-carbing, but I was tired of the things I'd been making. One thing that will always tempt me when I'm trying to diet is Mexican Food, and I found this recipe that looks very good, for a low-carb 'Taco' Casserole:
http://www.foodjazzrecipes.com/best-low-carb-taco-bake-recipe/
I also found a great recipe website called 'The Wolfe Pit'. It's not just low-carb, it has tons of good recipes of all kinds - but the recipes that are low carb look great. I love biscuits-and-gravy, and Larry Wolfe seems to have figured this out, using almond flour to make his biscuits:
http://www.thewolfepit.com/2016/04/biscuits-and-gravy-low-carb-recipe.html
-JT
I like the idea of adding crushed corn chips, maybe bacon bits.
My neighbor over-ordered Swiss Colony seafood/cream cheese dips for Christmas gifts and gave me 4 different types: Lobster, Crab, Shrimp, something else, and I’ve been making Pasta Alfredo 2-3 times/week, throwing in the matching seafood, served with garlic bread, takes about 10 mins to make.
Not low-carb, though :(, although there are some LC pastas on the market, but I ain’t payin’ for ‘em :)
But I Love 'em
Celery.
You’re very welcome. It was a lot of fun. Your group is amazing!
Ah, missed that one. Thanks!
i’m in L.A. ... yes, drowning!
i signed up for Blue Apron so I’m sitting here waiting for the box .... at this hour and with driving rain. I’m HUNGRY!! Looks like a late dinner.
Looks delicious.
Is this your first Blue Apron shipment? I’ve been curious.. I enjoy the savagery of supermarket hunting for ingredients.. but it sure would be nice to not have to occasionaly do that.
What meal did you order?
Yes. You spend a few minutes posting something every week, and the Freepers run away with it. Everyone thinks you’re wonderful, when the GROUP is what really makes it work!
A nice gig ;-)
Spicy Sriracha Dipping Sauce
METHOD Blender ½ cup Mayo, • ½ cup Sour Cream • ¼ cup Sriracha, gar/cl, tsp ea Onion Powder/Salt.
Plate; surround w/ 2" sticks fave veg; can add lettuce/romaine wedges,
mushrooms, broccoli florets, grape tomatoes.
We looked at it, just to see what it was like. But my husband didn’t like paying that much for something we could put together ourselves. If it’s in your budget, saves you time (which I think is the major selling point, and not inconsiderable!) and you realize that you still have to cook it all, it looks like fun.
Our local grocery chain had something similar a few years ago, but it was all frozen. You just thawed everything, and cooked according to the instructions. The ones we tried were really very good, and I was hoping to stock up on them; but the chain discontinued them. I guess they weren’t selling well enough to keep it going.
Let us know what you think after you’ve tried it!
Wow! These crab recipes sound delightful .. I will probably print them out and try a few.
Thanks.
i got three FREE The first week. Tonight; Cajun Catfish w Spiced Rice .... Tomorrow: Spicy Shrimp Curry.
I tend to overbuy then throw away lots of food. If it lowers my bills and cut down o waste, I’m in.
I have 5 or 6 friends who have used it and almost everyone was very happy. One is using Sunburst service instead.
And I love exotic and Asian food. :-)
If you are ever in Baltimore, you have to go there and try the crab cake.
One attribute of Blue Apron is no leftover ingredients. I swear, I’m a slave to my ingredient ends & pieces that I can’t bear to toss to the wildlife, but am uninspired to deal with once they wilt, so the fauna get them, anyway.
Really a rotten trap to be in, if one can’t man a back-burner all-day soup that gets the leftover bits.
Compost? Freezing for stock?
I think things like Blue Apron are great for some people - and I’ll probably try it eventually, just to see what the recipes are like. But you don’t really have to waste. Every leftover fresh veg, or odd-end of a veg that you’ve chopped, can just be put in the freezer until you have time to make stock. We do that with bones, too, - they never get thrown away. Stuff stays in the freezer very well, for a long time; and then you just have to pick a day to make stock - and then freeze the stock, too, until you’re ready to make soup.
You’re welcome; it was fun. Glad you are back!
Some carbs are good for low carb eating: veggies! I am on a Yuge roasted veggie kick right now. Every other day I fill at least one cookie sheet lined with silicone sheet with chopped something or other. A little olive oil and sea salt and into a 400 degree oven until there’s a tiny bit of char. In my oven, on bake, rack more than halfway down, it’s about 25-30 minutes depending on the veggies. Eaten fresh and warm from the oven or cooled and used in a salad, they are practically candy to me.
The simplest (and cheapest) veggies work so well. I like to use one veggie at a time, buy a mess of them and do the whole tray. I don’t want to worry about different cook times for different veggies. Slice a cabbage into little wedges. Or chop radishes in half. Sweet potatoes. Sliced onions. You almost can’t go wrong. I did turnips, fresh carrots (the ones that are sold with their tops on - they are soooooo much better), and yellow beets this week.
All caramelized into deliciousness.
All carb, all healthy!
Yes, you remind me that we’ve got two lbs. of asparagus in the fridge! the first we’ve bought this year.
We put it on a sheet pan, pour some olive oil over and salt/pepper. Veg carbs are often negligible, especially when you figure in the fiber count.
They do look good.
I can never find a source for crab though!!!
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