Crab Salad ~ How Do You Make It Low Fat?
 

Are you using real crab or the fake "Krab"?

Fake, I dont see the reason to buy crab legs to get the crab out of them to make crab salad with, The fake is so much easier to use lol.

Use Light Mayonnaise.

You could always do a half and half mixture of olive oil mayonnaise and NF greek yogurt. Maybe you could work your way up to full yogurt like I did.

I do this for my chicken and tuna salads so I assume it should work well with crab. GL!

Thanks for the suggestions

Do let us know how it turns out!

Oh, yea- if you don't have greek yogurt, sour cream would work just as well.

yeah I think I'll either use light mayo like another poster said or do sour cream cause no I dont like greek yogurt lol

You can also elevate the fiber content with almost no calories by adding finely diced or sliced celery and onion of some sort. The difference, for me, between the yogurt and the mayo, is egginess. Grated or finely diced egg whites (from hard boiled eggs) can add just enough taste to turn the corner- and minimal calories + added bulk

Great suggestions, Tommy! I think I'll have that for lunch tomorrow! :)

I forgot I do cut up hard boiled eggs and add them to the crab salad also.

Sometimes I use mustard in place of mayo in tuna salad or egg salad, because it has no calories. You can add a dash of artificial sweetener if it is too tart.

If you use real crab, shrimp and fish, I would recommend making it ceviche style with lime juice, tomatoes, onions, and cilantro. That sounds so good right now. I'll have to make some this weekend.

nothing beats wild Alaskan crab caught fresh with crabpots while camping....take the skiff out, haul in the crab pots, and cook them over an open bonfire....yummmm

try adding chopped fresh basil and a dash of cayenne pepper. Let rest a while in the fridge to blend the flavors, and enjoy! A friend who's a chef taught me that trick. It's really good on crackers, but now I'd probably have it with celery sticks or cucumber rounds.