Magical.
It's a really light dish and each of the vegetables really stand out. Also, if you're vegetarian I'm sure this would be just as good with tofu instead of crab. It goes great with a dark fruit juice or...cough cough wine cough. I can't recommend that last one since I'm technically not supposed to imbibe it yet.
I had a bunch of fun making this, and in the process of having so much fun I forgot to record how long it takes to prep and cook. Probably took about 45 minutes. Roundabout. Ball park figure. Guesstimation. Mmkay, time for some pasta:
Magical Crab Pasta Bonanaza [pending title] (Serves 2)
Ingredients:
- Half a bag of ziti noodles
- Olive oil and balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- Chopped cilantro
- Clove of garlic
- Tablespoon of mayo
- chopped red peppers
- Chopped green peppers
- Stick of imitation crab leg
- Avocado slices
- Parsley flakes
- Feta cheese
- Cucumbers
Directions:
- As you set the pot to boil, dice your peppers, chop up your cilantro, get slivers of crab, slice your avocado, and slap your troubles away on the red onions.
- Then smash up and mince your garlic. I used a hammer and the flat of a really dull knife to smash mine up because I had nothing else. Keep half the garlic for the frying pan, but the other half for the ingredients.
- Hand toss all those ingredients together in a bowl then add a tablespoon of mayo then stir it in. Stick it in the freezer for now to chill. Word.
- If you're like me, it will probably take you until the water is boiling to do that stuff. Stick in the ziti and pour in some salt to keep them from sticking together.
- After that, get a non-stick frying pan and pour in some olive oil and the half of garlic that you set aside. As it starts to simmer, grab the crab salad out of the freezer and throw it in. Stir it around and toss it to get everything cooked evenly. Cook it until you're satisfied, I guess. It didn't take me long to cook because I'm easily satisfied when it comes to food.
- Once the noodles are done drain them, put them on a plate, then drizzle them with balsamic vinaigrette.
- Take out a cucumber then slice it up. Place the slices over the noodles. This will be the platform to set the crab salad on.
- Scoop out the crab salad onto the noodles and cucumbers, sprinkle crumbled feta around the crab salad then salt, pepper, and parsley flakes on top for garnish. I've really been working on garnishing since a good portion of a person's attitude towards food is how it looks. Also, it makes for better pictures.
- Profit
**10% of that profit goes to me.
