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The Colorful Plate
Appetizers

Peer Review Status: Internally Reviewed by Cancer Center Staff
First Published: 2000

Crab Appetizer

 Submitted by: Jan A. Schaaf
Cancer Center Administration
Source: A friend

8 ounces Neufchatel (low-fat cream cheese), room temperature

1 7-1/2 ounce can crab meat (reserve 1 Tablespoon)

2 Tablespoons green onion, finely chopped

1 cup seafood cocktail sauce

  1. Drain and rinse crab using colander or mesh strainer.
  2. Mix onion, cheese and crab thoroughly. Spread evenly over serving plate (8-9 inch diameter).
  3. Pour cocktail sauce over cheese mixture. Sprinkle reserved crab over cocktail sauce.
  4. Serve with low-fat crackers.

Serves: 16 Nutrition Facts

Calories: 64 Saturated Fat: 2 gm
Carbohydrate: 4 gm Fiber: 0.3 gm
Cholesterol: 23 mg Protein: 4 gm
Fat: 4 gm Sodium: 223 mg

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