Lenten salad with crab sticks: recipes

Lenten holiday salads can be prepared in such a way that they will not yield to the usual snacks to taste. The right combination of products, original dressing and beautiful design will ensure your dish success even for that part of the guests who do not adhere to a strict diet. From this article you will learn how to cook a lean salad with crab sticks in different variations.

Vegetable salad with crab sticks

This simple dish is interesting in that it can be prepared both for the festive table and for an ordinary family dinner. Lenten salads (recipes will be presented below) are usually seasoned with lemon juice, oil or balsamic vinegar. However, you can also use for this purpose a special lean mayonnaise made independently from products of plant origin. We will tell you how to make this dressing at the end of this article. So, a lean salad with crab sticks is prepared as follows.

1. Finely chop 300 grams of fresh cabbage and mash it well with your hands or a wooden crush.
2. Peel and grate 100 grams of sweet carrots on a fine grater.
3. Cut 250 grams of crab sticks (you can take crab meat instead), cut into a small cube.
4. Mix all prepared ingredients with canned corn (one can) and mayonnaise. Do not forget to add salt and ground pepper to the salad to taste.
   

Holiday salad

A light vegetable salad with seafood will especially appeal to the beautiful half of humanity. Thanks to the components that make up this dish, the appetizer is not only very tasty, but also quite light. Amaze your guests by preparing unusual lean salads for the New Year.

1. Defrost and boil until ready in salted water 200 grams of shrimp without shell. To give them a spicy flavor, put peas and bay leaves in a pan.
2. Heat a spoonful of vegetable oil in a pan and fry the prepared shrimps in it until golden brown.
3. Grind 200 grams of crab sticks (or canned crab meat) at random.
4. Cut 100 grams of onion into half rings. If you don’t like its specific taste, you can pour boiling water over it.
5. Sweet red pepper (200 grams) and tomatoes (300 grams) cut into strips.
6. For dressing, mix 15 ml of balsamic vinegar, 20 ml of olive oil, 15 ml of soy sauce and the juice of half a small lemon. If you don’t like the sour taste, just put olive oil in the salad and add a spoonful of lemon juice.
7. Mix all the prepared ingredients, add dressing. Salt the finished dish, pepper and let it brew a little before serving.

Lenten salad with crab sticks and fresh cucumber

This dish is prepared very simply from a minimum number of products. Like all lean salads (recipes), this dish consists of fresh vegetables and the original dressing.

1. Ten crab sticks, one large fresh cucumber and one tomato cut into cubes.
2. For dressing, mix a spoonful of Dijon mustard and two tablespoons of home-made lean mayonnaise.
3. Combine all the products, add 150 grams of canned corn, sauce and mix well. Salt and pepper the salad to taste.
   

Lavash salad

Lenten salad with crab sticks can be an excellent basis for diet rolls or shawarma. If you like these snacks, then do not deny yourself small pleasures and treat your loved ones with hearty dishes.

• For the filling, chop three fresh cucumbers, 300 grams of crab sticks, half yellow and half red bell pepper into strips. Pour iceberg lettuce with your hands (you can also use regular or shredded Chinese cabbage).
• Cut thin pita bread into portions and spread each sauce with mustard and homemade mayonnaise. Put lettuce on it, then a thin layer of Korean carrots, vegetables (they need a little salt) and crab sticks. Fold the pita bread with an envelope and lightly fry the grill in a pan with a minimum amount of sunflower oil.
  

Lean mayonnaise

This dressing will be indispensable on the festive table during fasting. Cooking it is quite simple.

1. As you can see, a lean salad with crab sticks can be prepared in many ways. Therefore, use our recipes, making your menu varied and vibrant. Combine 100 ml of water, two tablespoons of flour and mix well. Note that the density of the finished sauce will depend on the amount of flour. Therefore, choose its amount yourself, focusing on your own preferences.
2. Put the mixture on the fire and bring it to a boil. When it cools, add salt, pepper, lemon juice and mustard to it.
3. Pour the resulting mass into the blender bowl, as well as 100 ml of sunflower oil and beat together until a homogeneous mass is obtained.