Colleen’s Crab Salad
Make every occasion special with this fresh side salad.
This is one of those family recipes my mother always made for special occasions (or when I begged her to make it), and whenever I would ask her for the recipe she would say, “What recipe?” because it’s so bloody simple to make.
The trick to this dish comes from two things: one being the fresh dill (and lots of it according to Mum) and the gorgeous bias cut of the vegetables. I don’t know exactly why it makes such a difference, but it just does. And once you have this salad you’ll be making it for your special occasions, too, summer and every other season of the year. Thanks, Mum. — CFG
Ingredients:
2 pkg (227g ea) crab flavoured pollock (imitation crab), cut into 1” chunks (flake or leg style)
3 mini cucumbers, thin bias cut
1 green bell pepper, Julianne cut
3 celery sticks, thin bias cut
3-4 vine ripened tomatoes, sliced into thin wedges
10-12 Kalamata -OR- black olives, sliced lengthwise (optional)
3-4 thin slices of red onion (optional)
1/4 cup sour cream -OR- Greek yogurt
1/8 to 1/4 cup fresh dill
salt & pepper to taste
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl add 2 packages of crab flavoured pollock, cut into 1” chunks. Add in 3 mini cucumbers cut along a thin bias, 1 Julianne cut green bell pepper, 3 celery sticks, cut along a thing bias, 3-4 vine ripened tomatoes sliced into thin wedges, 3-4 thin slices of red onion (optional), and 10-12 Kalamata olives sliced lengthwise.
To the bowl add 1/8 to 1/4 cup of roughly chopped fresh dill. (You can add more or less to your liking, but Mum always insisted on more.) Next, add in 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt.
Gently mix ingredients together.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve and enjoy!
Notes: Portions are totally up to you for this dish, so feel free to add/remove according to your taste.
I’ve listed the onions in this recipe as optional because Hubby isn’t one for raw onions. Also, if you add too many onions to the recipe the flavour overwhelms the dish. Start with a single slice and then cut the ring crosswise and mix into the bowl to start. You can always add more, but it’s a pain to pick them out!
