Seafood recipe!

Mom's Seafood Salad

This is a yummy recipe that my mother makes.  The recipe lists imitation crab meat as the main ingredient, but any seafood can be substituted, including real crab or shrimp.

8 oz. imitation crab

2 T. lite mayo

2 T. reduced fat sour cream

1/4 cup celery, chopped

2 T. onion, diced fine

          or dried mined onion

1 T. lemon juice

2 T. lemon pepper

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir until crab meat is well coated. 

Serve this crab salad with whole wheat crackers, celery and carrot sticks, or on a sandwich. 

Nutrition tips: Crab and most seafood is a good source of protein and healthy polyunsaturated fats-the good fats. Lite or reduced fat mayo and sour cream also provide good fats with fewer calories.  Reduced fat products are typically better than fat-free because when fat is removed from foods like mayo and salad dressing, it is replaced with sugar. This replaces the healthy unsaturated fats with unhealthy sugar, which is not desirable. 

Lemon pepper can be a great low-sodium seasoning, but be sure to read the label. Some lemon peppers contain salt or sodium. So be aware of what you are using to flavor your food.