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DILLED SEAFOOD SALAD

Old Farmer's Almanac Everyday Cookbook
by Old Farmer's Almanac
Prepare and refrigerate this salad up to 24 hours ahead of time.  Add the dressing just before serving.
Makes 4 servings.


INGREDIENTS

Dressing:
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon finely minced fresh parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon finely minced onion
• 1 small clove garlic, crushed and minced
• salt and pepper, to taste

Salad:
• 2 cups (8 ounces) sugar snap peas
• 12 ounces crabmeat or lobster meat, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1/2 medium cucumber, scrubbed, cut in half lengthwise, seeded, and thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1/2 medium red bell pepper, cored and sliced into short, thin strips
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons finely snipped fresh dill
• lettuce leaves


DIRECTIONS

For dressing:
Combine all of the dressing ingredients in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
Shake vigorously and chill for several hours.


For salad:
Blanch the sugar snap peas. Blot away the excess moisture from the snap peas, cut them in half crosswise, and place them in a large bowl. Add the crabmeat, cucumber, celery, pepper, onion, and dill. Toss gently, cover, and chill.

Just before serving, make a bed of lettuce leaves on a serving platter. Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss to coat evenly.

Mound the salad on the lettuce bed.