Grandmothers Seafood Salad Recipes

GRANDMOTHER'S SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Cook the noodles and cool.
• 2. Hard boil eggs and cool.
• 3. Add everything and mix gently.
• 4. Add mayo to moisten (maybe 1/2 cup). Salt and pepper to taste

EASY SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Gently mix the shrimp, imitation crabmeat, cabbage, celery, and green onions together in a large bowl. Stir the mayonnaise and sugar together in a separate bowl until the sugar is dissolved into the mayonnaise; add to the shrimp mixture and gently stir until all ingredients are evenly coated.
• Refrigerate for 3 hours to allow the cabbage to soften and the flavors to blend.

GRANDMA'S MACARONI SHRIMP SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and pour into a salad bowl.
• Add mayonnaise, cucumber, peas, celery, radishes, green onions, and seasoned salt to the macaroni; toss well. Add shrimp last. Garnish with hard-boiled eggs, avocado, and tomato.

OLD FASHIONED SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Melt butter in a frypan.
• Place fish in frypan and pour hot water over fish.
• Bring to a simmer, cover, lower heat and cook gently for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile slice the 4 hard cooked eggs and the pickles.
• Drain fish, cool and cut into cubes.
• Prepare salad sauce by blending mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and pepper.
• In a separate bowl gently mix fish, egg and pickle slices and capers.
• Arrange fish mixture in individual dishes and spoon salad sauce over tops.
• Chill for 30 minutes.
• To garnish, cut remaining egg into eight pieces and chop beet slices.
• Arrange garnish on each serving. Serve immediately.

GRANDMA'S SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat 3 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until tender, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pot., In same pot, heat remaining butter over medium heat. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth; gradually whisk in cream and milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, 2-3 minutes., Stir in haddock, shrimp, peas and sautéed mushrooms; cook until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork and shrimp turn pink, 5-7 minutes. Add cheese, crab and pimientos; stir gently until cheese is melted. If desired, sprinkle servings with paprika.

GRANDMA'S FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice in a 1-cup measuring cup. In a large bowl, combine the pineapple, pears, peaches and grapes. Cover and refrigerate. , Add enough water to pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Pour into a small saucepan. Whisk in pudding mix. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; set aside to cool to room temperature., Slice bananas into a small bowl. Drizzle with lemon juice; gently toss to coast. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain. Add bananas and cherries to chilled fruit. Add cooled pudding; toss gently to combine. Refrigerate until serving. Refrigerate leftovers.