Posted on 09/01/2019 3:53:57 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
When we have an office party, one of my co-workers brings the most excellent ‘Seafood Salad’. He refuses to give the recipe, but it has crab, shrimp, pasta and that ‘Krab with a K’ stuff. I’m pretty sure that it also has dill and Old Bay.
I’ve been trying to find a low-carb or Keto version of this that uses only REAL crabmeat and shrimp, and I’m not finding one that seems similar but has no sugar or pasta, but does have the other ingredients that I detect. If anyone has one, please post! My husband is back on the Keto thing, and I want to find seafood recipes that work with it – since I’m not crazy about consuming as much meat as he is.
While searching, I did find this recipe on the ‘Ruled Me’ keto website for 'Crabcake-Stuffed Mushrooms’, which looks wonderful. (If you don’t have access to almond meal for the topping – which I’m assuming is used to simulate a sort of ‘bread-crumb’ topping without the carbs – this would probably be just as good without it; and if you’re not doing low-carb or keto strictly, just use some very fine bread crumbs - a little isn't going to mess with your carb count that much :-)
This is a great website for Low-Carb and Keto with lots of resources besides just recipes:
https://www.ruled.me/crab-cake-stuffed-mushrooms/
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I mentioned previously that a new Lidl store opened near us recently, and we are really enjoying it. We think we are saving a lot of money on certain items - fresh produce, meat and poultry, milk, eggs - but they also have some really nice products that seem exclusive to them.
The 'Duo Flutes' pictured above are like puff pastry sticks, and come in several flavors - my favorites are the Cheese ones. These, alone with drinks or along with your favorite dip recipe, will be a hit.
Also, their own brand of Hummus is really good - we most recently tried the super-spicy one, and it's great and very different from the ones we find elsewhere, which all seem to be predictably heavy with cumin.
And, they have wonderful prices for fresh-cut flowers. Since Lidl, my desk at work always has beautiful fresh flowers, for about $3.00 per week (half of what I'd pay at the supermarket for an even smaller bunch of lilies.) If you have a Lidl in your area, check it out.
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Summer has always been my favorite season, and August my favorite month; but even so, I've always been exhilarated by the coming of Fall. This year, for some reason, not so much - I want more Summer! But I happened to find this video recently - a little bit of Winter/Holiday imagery, that helps me to look forward with some enthusiasm to Autumn and Winter, and gets me started on plans for the holidays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mbc_Sc454E
-JT
There was a gal that visited us from FLA, she made baked Ziti at the VFW, I cried. LOL
The ‘everything cold’ method is what we always use; but we roll it out between sheets of wax or parchment paper.
Have you ever tried the addition of vodka for pie crust?
Making good pie crust is a real talent - the rest of the pie is easy, but pie crust is an art.
Those cheese twists I buy in NC are the John Wm. Macy’s. Just looked them up.
Look so delicious!
I know there are people who do it that way. Makes it easier to lift the crust all in one piece. I just use my wooden rolling pin and keep it clean while working so it doesn’t get any little pieces sticking to it, which will spoil the rolling out.
I used to have a fancy rolling pin with kind of ball bearings or something in it, to prevent you from rolling too hard, but a roommate took it back to Africa with her when she left. I didn’t care. She later sent me African fabric to make up for it. I didn’t really need the ball bearings or whatever they were anyway. By that time I knew how much pressure to use. It was birds-eye maple, though. Very pretty.
Oh I forgot: flour, flour everywhere. Surface, rolling pin, hands, etc.
Yes. Beer is my favorite drink - I especially like Guinness.
But I’ve switched to wine. (I was getting fat....sigh)
Well, we do it because the darn dough always sticks to the rolling pin! and the paper doesn’t stick to the dough.
But, I’m not very experienced - I usually make a very free-form rustic kind of pie.
(that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it :-)
I no longer have an Aldi near me. I shop my local Piggly Wiggly and Super-Duper Walmart. I’ve pretty much got it down to a science and shop the Loss Leaders each week. We grow so much of our own and Beau is an excellent hunter and fisherman that meat is usually not needed, but I will stock up on chicken and pork when the price is right. ;)
It amazes me that Walmart beats our local chain on produce, though. Most of Pig Wig is locally bought, and they’re not a small operation by any means, but aside from running out of this or that, the Walmart produce is more appealing in quality and price. *SHRUG*
Ya TRY to do the right thing by shopping local Mom & Pops...
I’ll be sure to look them up! :)
Pretty soon it'll be considered a family heirloom or antique. I would try it in front of her - brisket with apple wood chips, low pressure for 90 minutes. You must exercise the gaskets!
Men! They never understand the truly IMPORTANT things in life, LOL! :)
Wish MINE was a clean freak. Farmer. Packrat. Big Barn full of, well, ‘useful’ stuff I guess...salvaged lumber, bailer twin, barbed wire, aluminum cans, etc.
BUT - he never complains about my yarn stash, so there’s that. ;)
Anyone using Angostura Bitters in cooking?
I bought some for that purpose and plan to start with Mac and cheese.
I think I recall seeing Alton with his big flower pots. I think he also did something with smoking bacon - ‘Scrap Iron Chef’ (?)
Good idea.
Huh.
I can only find it used in various alcoholic drinks - and very old-fashioned medicinal ones.
(I think your Mac and Cheese would suffer needlessly...)
Find a good recipe. Mine - cover the brisket with olive oil, lemon juice, ground black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder & paprika. There are plenty of YouTube suggestions.
We got an Aldi here a few years ago, and now another one is being built on the other side of town, which is closer to me. Also less traffic over there. I use their dairy a lot because I cook for someone who needs lots of calories and fat. So instead of milk I use whipping cream, etc. It helps with the grocery bill :-)
Those mushrooms look amazing :-)
Yes. I’m going to make them!
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