Showing posts with label tuna salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tuna salad. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1st Tier: French Onion Crab Dip and Healthy Tuna Salad

Need something quick to stuff into your sandwich or a few appetizers for your guests to nibble on? Below are two quick and versatile recipes! 

You never know when you'll get inspiration to create some delicious food. It may not always be gourmet, but it's still a crowd pleaser. My mom got this two ingredient Crab Dip idea from Costco when she was eating a sample. On the day of my Mother's Day High Tea, I forgot to put this together earlier and had to do it as our guests were arriving. Luckily, it literally takes under 5 minutes to do.


French Onion Crab Dip
Yield: ~2 to 3 cups

Ingredients
  • 1 small package of imitation crab meat
  • 1 small box of Heluva Good French Onion dip
Directions
  1. Chop crab meat into very small pieces. About half centimetre cubes.
  2. Mix crab meat with dip until evenly distributed.
  3. Serve with Mary's Organic Crackers. They are my favourite, and my grandma's new found favourite!
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This tuna salad recipe is so quick and easy, it's almost ridiculous. I usually make this when there is a big tub of yogurt or assorted veggies that need to be eaten. It's as healthy as a tuna salad can get!

Healthy Tuna Salad
Adapted from an old recipe I found online
Yield: Enough to fill 3 sandwiches
Ingredients 
  • 1 (6 oz) can of tuna 
  • About ½ cup thinly chopped vegetables of your choice (ex. celery, carrot, cucumber, onion, bell pepper, corn kernels)
  • ¼ cup plain yogurt 
  • 2 tbsp sweet relish 
  • 1 green onion, or fresh chopped herbs 
  • ½ tsp mustard Freshly ground black pepper
 Directions
  1. Mix all ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Adjust consistency and flavours as you mix.

Saturday, 18 May 2013

DIY High Tea for Mother's Day

DIY Mother's Day High Tea by Coconut Crumpet
To celebrate Mother's Day, as well as my mama's birthday, I prepared a high tea lunch for her and a group of close friends to enjoy. It took three or four days to prepare as one would never have enough time to cook, bake, and assemble everything in one day. With some helping hands and baking elves, this ambitious project of mine was successfully presented. Even if it was with [not purposely] mismatched dishes and a plastic tablecloth...

Sharing high tea with a group of friends is truly an experience every foodie should have, whether it be at a restaurant or hosting one yourself. It's a rare chance to dress up and act like a bunch of rich old grannies sitting at a beautifully adorned table having quality gossip time. That is the Crumpets' dream life as retirees.   

My love for high tea has grown significantly after this party. I just picked up 3 sets of tiered trays from Costco in preparation for any other opportunities for me to host another high tea. They only have 2 tiers, but hey, it was $6!

Below is the menu for that day's high tea. Recipes for select goods will be accessible through the links. The ones with no links are because there isn't really a recipe, the words you read are all the ingredients used. There just ain't much to it.
 
Open-faced Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich
Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Sandwich
Shrimp and Avocado Crostini
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries with Toasted Almonds