The other day I looked in my freezer and I realized I had a single, white fish filet. I'm guessing it was Tilapia because that is what I normally buy. What was I going to do with 1 fish filet??? How did it even get in there??? I figured I probably needed to use it since I couldn't remember the last time I had bought Tilapia. So last night, we had Seafood Salad Melts for dinner. On Sunday, Andy had brought home a loaf of Rye bread from church. I cut it up into slices, piled on the seafood salad and melted cheese on top. It was a nice change from heavy, hearty meals. It was also very easy to prepare and clean up.
Seafood Salad Melts
Ingredients:
1 Pouch Tuna
1 Package Immitation Crab Meat (8oz)
1 Filet White Fish, cooked
1/4 to 1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
1 TBSP Creme Fraiche (use sour cream if you don't have this)
1 TBSP Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
1/2 Tsp Minced, Refrigerated Garlic
1/4 Tsp Onion Powder
Pinch Salt
Fresh Bread Slices (I used rye)
Butter
Cheese Slices (I used colby and swiss)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Break up white fish into small pieces. In a mixing bowl, combine tuna, immitation crab meat, and white fish.
3. Add mayo, creme fraiche, honey mustard, garlic, onion powder and salt. Stir.
4. Cut bread into slices. Butter one side. Put in oven and melt butter.
5. When butter is melted, flip bread. Pile seafood salad on the other side, then top with slices of cheese. Put back into oven until cheese is melted.
Celia and Charlie love clementines. They're so cute and little and the kids can peel and eat them by themselves. However, when I looked in our refrigerator yesterday, I realized we were each going to have to eat about 5 clementines a day or they were going to go bad. So that this didn't happen, I made a clementine-orange salad. It's a basic creamy fruit salad, so if you have any fruit besides clementines and oranges available, throw it in too.
Sunshine Salad
Ingredients:
6 Clementines
2 Medium Oranges
1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans
1/2 Cup Whipped Creme
1/4 Cup Sour Creme
1 Vanilla Pudding Snack-Pak
1 TBSP Brown Sugar
1. Peel and separate clementine segments. Make sure the clementines don't have any seeds. Throw into a large bowl.
2. Peel oranges. Cut each orange into four circular slices going against the segments (so it looks like a flower or a star). Separate circle into triangles. Make sure you take out any seeds. Throw oranges and chopped nuts in with the clementines.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together whipped creme, sour cream, vanilla pudding and brown sugar.
4. Gently pour creamy mix into fruit and nut mixture and stir. Sprinkle a few chopped pecans on top and serve.
When I was in college, my friend Christy used to make this great dip. She would bring it to all our sorority get-togethers and it was known as Christy's dip. When I looked in the fridge tonight, I realized I had a whole bunch of little bits in there: a little bit of mayo, a little bit of cheese and a little bit of sour cream. I tried to recreate Christy's dip with it. It didn't turn out exactly the same, but it was still yummy! Serve it with salsa and tortilla chips and it's an instant party.
Christy's Dip
Ingredients:
3/4 Cup Cream Cheese
1/3 Cup Sour Cream
1/4 Cup Mayonnaise
1 Pack Taco or Burrito Seasoning
1/2 TBSP Onion Soup Mix
1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 Cup Chopped Black Olives
1 Cup Thick Salsa
Mix together cream cheese, sour cream and mayo until smooth. Add taco seasoning and onion soup mix. Stir until mixed in. Finally mix in cheddar cheese, black olives, and salsa. Serve with tortilla chips and salsa.
Hi all! I am so blessed to get to stay home with Celia and Charlie two days during the week. Even on the craziest days, I love it. Today was one of those days! So when Andy walked in the door tonight, I was happy to turn our two little hoodlums over to him to start cooking. My brother gave me a filet mignon that he had leftover from the other night when he bar-b-qued and I had some ground turkey leftover from our pizza pie. I made these into Fajita Style Nachos. They were delicious and would be great for a Super Bowl Party! Comer con gusto!
Fajita Style Nachos
Ingredients:
1/2 Large Onion- Chopped
1 Large Green Pepper- Chopped
1/2 Packet Taco Seasoning
2 Cups Cooked Chopped Meat (I used 1 cup filet mignon and 1 cup ground turkey)
1 Can Beans- Drained (I used small white beans)
1 TBSP Dried Cilantro
1 TBSP Minced, Refrigerated Garlic
Tortilla Chips
1 Cup Shredded Cheese
Sliced Black Olives
Sour Cream
Salsa
Jalapenos (optional)
Spray a large frying pan with no stick cooking spray. Add onions and green peppers to the pan. Add 3/4 cup of water to the pan. Next add taco seasoning and saute until peppers start to turn bright green and onions are becoming translucent. Add meat, beans, cilantro and garlic to the pan. Cook until very little liquid remains. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a large baking sheet with a rim (so the beans and meat won't fall all over your counter). Spread out a heavy layer of tortilla chips onto the baking sheet. Spoon meat and bean mixture all over the chips. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top of the meat and beans. Cook in the oven until cheese is completely melted. Add black olives, sour cream, jalapenos and salsa when serving.
