Tender crab meat and a flavorful cream cheese sauce combine to make this hot crab dip taste similar to crab rangoon, but in dippable form! Serve with crostini, toasted baguette, crackers, wonton chips, or whichever dippers you like best.

Hot Crab Dip

This dip has its origins in crab stuffed mushrooms. I had leftover filling and sampled it by dipping a cracker into it. Before I knew what was happening, the pan was empty.

This fantastic appetizer has a very tiki bar feel to it and makes a great addition to any party table. Don’t let that keep you from making it any time, though. It’s fast enough to make on a weeknight that needs a little something special to motivate you through the rest of the week.

And if you want to keep the tiki bar theme, you should serve this with our Mai Tai Cocktail which combines light and dark rums with orange liqueur and a tiny splash of pineapple juice for a citrusy, bright and smooth drink.

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms

I know not everyone is a mushroom fan. I forgive you. But seriously, I know mushrooms can be polarizing in food.

Could you make this without the mushrooms? Sure. Absolutely.

However, I will tell you that the mushrooms add a great flavor and texture without the recipe tasting even remotely mushroomy. It just makes the dip more substantial and savory.

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Full of toasted sesame flavor, tangy, and crisp-tender, sweet and savory pickled broccoli is unexpectedly wonderful. Much like bread and butter pickles in taste, these brined, thinly sliced broccoli stems are great on salads, sandwiches, and cheese boards.

Pickled Broccoli

Can you pickle broccoli? Oh, absolutely!

I know a lot of folks don’t know what to do with broccoli stems and they often get tossed into the garbage or compost, but I’m here to tell you that you need to pickle them! They bring so much oomph and pizzazz to your food day.

And they’re budget friendly, too. You can have your Oven Roasted Broccoli one night for dinner and pickle up the stems for later use in salads or snacking. Future you will be grateful – I can guarantee it!

Pickled Broccoli Stems

These quick pickled stems only require the following ingredients:

• broccoli stems
• sugar
• rice wine vinegar
• lime juice
• sesame oil
• garlic

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Calling all shrimp lovers! These flavorful and satisfying shrimp quesadillas with bright bell peppers are fast enough for busy schedules and special enough for company.

Shrimp Quesadillas

If you’re a fan of shrimp, you’re going to go wild for these perfect shrimp quesadillas. As with most shrimp recipes, they cook up in the blink of an eye. This makes them the perfect recipe to get a homemade meal on the table even on the most frenetic nights.

Quesadillas are my go-to “what’s for dinner?” answer. If we have any leftover meat in the house, that’s also a go-to option. Check out the Loaded Vegetable Quesadillas, Pulled Pork Quesadillas, Steak Quesadillas, and Chicken Fajita Quesadillas for a few more easy meal options.

While we very rarely have “leftover” shrimp in the house, there is almost always a bag of shrimp in the freezer and fortunately, it can be thawed and cooked lightning fast on a busy night.

Shrimp Quesadilla

To make these quesadillas, you’ll need the following ingredients:

• Shrimp
• Butter
• Onion
• Red bell pepper
• Garlic
• Cilantro
• Chili powder
• Salt
• Pepper
• Lime juice
• Cheese
• Flour Tortillas

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Made of tender flaked imitation crab with crunchy, fresh celery, fragrant onion, and sliced black olives in a light, herbed mayonnaise dressing, deli classic crab salad is hard to resist. Whether you serve it on rolls, lettuce wraps, or on crackers, it’s so very good!

Crab Salad

When we were newlyweds, Sean and I would often splurge and pick up a carton of crab salad from the deli and then snack on it with crackers while watching a movie or chatting after work. We loved crab salad and enjoyed it this way for many years.

It wasn’t until I met my friend Debbie while teaching her daughter Amanda that I learned just how incredibly easy it is to make a batch of this deli staple. After that, salad from the deli lost all of its appeal.

Freshly made with just the right amount of everything? That’s pure crab happiness.

Easy Crab Salad

To make this light and refreshing crab salad, you’ll need the following ingredients:

• imitation crab meat
• celery
• black olives
• red or green onion
• mayonnaise
• lemon
• dill
• paprika
• kosher salt
• black pepper

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Queso fundido is a true cheese-lover’s dream. Can you imagine anything more tempting than a skillet filled with bubbling hot cheese and spicy chorizo topped with fresh cilantro and green onions served with tortilla chips? I sure can’t!

Queso Fundido

This is one dish that my guys will go for almost every time they see it on a menu. It’s not hard to understand why when you realize it’s basically a skillet filled with melted cheese and browned chorizo!

There’s a little more to it than that, of course. You want to choose the most melty-stretchy cheese possible for the recipe.

What is Queso Fundido?

Our preference is to use freshly grated queso quesadilla cheese. If you have a difficult time finding queso quesadilla cheese in the grocery store, you might be able to find “quesadilla melting cheese” which comes already shredded in a bag.

It’s typically a blend of jack, chihuahua, and oaxaca cheeses. If you can’t find either of those, you can definitely grab some jack cheese and some chihuahua and/or oaxaca cheeses and grate them yourself. Either option will work fine here.

It is important to note that this dip is best made immediately before serving. It will not be as lovely when reheated, so this recipe is not a great candidate for making in large amounts as planned leftovers.

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