Im on a cake roll..... this time I'm much less crabby.

Something Savory?

Crab Cakes (Makes 2 small or 1 large cake)

Calories: 135 Carbohydrates: 10.5g

Protein: 18.3g Fat: 1.5g

2oz Snow Crab
1Tbsp Fat Free Mayo

2 Shakes Lemon Juice

2 Shakes Tabasco

2 Shakes White Pepper

3 Shakes Johnny's Seasoning Salt

1/4 Tsp. Worcestershire

1/8 Ground Toasted Brown Mustard Seed

1 Tbsp Egg Beaters

I slice Sara Lee Whole Wheat 45 Cal Bread

10g Red Pepper

5g Jalapeno

First I took the mustard seed and toasted it in a pan. I use very low heat and in the pan I plan on using later i just roll the seeds around until they kind of pop a little and then I ground them up to add to the mix later. I also took one frozen slice of the Sara Lee bread and put it in the toaster oven to make bread crumbs out of it. (This was kind of last minute so i was thinking on the fly.) I used the "warm" setting for 20 mins and let the bread get really dry and hard. After flipping once I chopped it up in the food processor and left it to the side.

Add everything to a smaller mixing bowl except the bread crumbs. I waited until everything was fully incorporated before I started thickening it up. I found that it was a little wetter than I had planned, but once I started adding the bread crumbs it seemed to work out OK. I managed to add almost all of the crumbs. I kept some on the side to coat the outside. The right consistency seemed like the cakes kind of flop around in the bowl while mixing. I think it might have been better to use a 1/2 a slice more of bread to make the mix more dry. I pan fried them with Pam on medium low heat covered so that the egg cooked all the way and flipped when it had browned. I had to flip it in the pan rather then with a spatula because I was afraid it would break in the turning but I think adding more crumbs would have solved that problem. It was pretty easy!

Why crab cakes? I kind of got tricked into making these. Derrick had leftovers of crab from the other night (when we were celebrating having a night off together) and he thought that it would be a good idea to try and make crab cakes…. Why not right? And of course, I wanted to be able to participate in the action too, so I gave it a go. I actually liked them more then I thought I would. The only thing is that they were a little sweet. This probably being from the fat-free mayo I used, or to the fact that we were using snow crab. Either way I liked them and I ate all of mine that I made! I think personally if I were to make them again I would use dungeness crab and maybe sub the mayo out for fat free yogurt, it strangely enough has less tang than the mayo and has about the same fat and calorie content. Mind you they are a little spicy so add or take out the Tabasco and jalapenos as you like it.

Hopefully someone likes these and enjoys the change of pace from sweet to savory indulgences.