4 cups cooked pasta wheels
rib celery, sliced thin
raw carrot, scrubbed and sliced into thin match sticks
medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
5 radishes, sliced thin
can (6 1/2 oz) drained tuna (water packed)
3/4 cup dressing (see recipe, below)

Toss all ingredients in a large salad bowl and chill.  Salad can be made the night before and refrigerated. If you want to take it easy, just slice all the veggies with a food processor.  This pasta salad gets its name from the shape of the pasta, but you could just as easily use shells and rename it seashell salad, etc.

Dressing:

1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp honey
2/3 cup brown rice vinegar
freshly ground pepper or 1 tsp salt
1 garlic clove, mashed

Combine all ingredients and shake well or blend. Refrigerate. Keeps for up to a week. makes a little less than two cups.

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1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup zesty Italian dressing
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
2 cups cooked corkscrew noodles
1 1/2 cups crab
1 cup broccoli
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup green onion, chopped

Mix together mayonnaise, dressing and Parmesan cheese. Set aside. In a large bowl, mix together noodles, crab, broccoli, tomato and green onion. Pour dressing over. Mix well. Chill.

Note: this is very good without the crab also. 

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1 lb. flaked crab meat
2/3 cup celery, chopped
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
4 hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped
2 T chili sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 T fresh parsley, minced
1 1/2 or 2 cups mayonnaise

Mix above ingredients together until well blended, adding enough mayonnaise to make the mixture bind together. Refrigerate this mixture until shortly before serving. You will use this mixture to fill the puffs (recipe below).  Yields 4 cups filling.

Puffs:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour, sifted
4 eggs

Bring water to a boil; add butter. Stir this mixture until butter i melted. Add flour, stirring until dough forms a ball. Cool dough mixture. Beat eggs in a separate bowl, until very thick and lemon colored. Stir eggs into cooled dough and mix thoroughly. Drop onto a baking sheet by teaspoonfuls. Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Cool puffs on rack.

Slice and fill with crab mixture just before serving. Do not fill puffs very far in advance of serving; the result will be soggy puffs.

This recipe can be made ahead of time, filling just before serving. Puffs can be frozen for later use.

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3 cans crab, drained (or 1 lb fresh)
20 saltine crackers, crushed fine
1 1/2 tsp Old Bay seasoning
2 T dried parsley, crushed
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1 large egg
3 shots Tabasco sauce
1 tsp dry mustard or 1 T Dijon mustard

Combine and form into patties. Cook in vegetable oil until golden brown. Turn over, reduce heat slightly and cook until firm.  Makes 4 servings.

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4 T flour
4 T shortening
1-2 cloves mince garlic
1 large onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1-2 cans tomatoes (if one can is used, add an equal amount of water
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 to 2 pound shrimp
1 can crab  meat
1 can clam meat

Make a past of flour and shortening.  Add garlic and onion to paste and brown until golden.  Add in tomatoes (and water, if applicable).  Season with salt and pepper.  Add remaining ingredients; simmer for 30 minutes.  Serve over rice.  4-6 servings.

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3 oz lemon jello
1 cup diced celery
1 T chopped pimento
1 tsp onion juice
1 1/2 tsp cups boiling water
3 T vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup flaked crab meat
1 cup mayonnaise
6 stuffed olives

Add water to jello and when cool, add mayonnaise, onion, vinegar and salt.  When nearly set add other ingredients.  Garnish with olives.

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