Seafoam Salad Food

SEA FOAM SALAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat 1 cup reserved pear juice to boiling. Pour over lime gelatin in a small bowl; stir until dissolved. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with milk until smooth. Blend in gelatin mixture. Chill in the refrigerator until partially thickened, about 20 to 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, mash pears until smooth. Fold pears and whipped topping into gelatin mixture. Pour into a mold. Chill until set, about 2 to 3 hours.
• Dip mold in warm water for approximately 5 seconds. Invert onto a serving plate

SEAFOAM SALAD - DESSERT

Steps:

• Fold cottage cheese and cool whip together.
• Add dry jello and mix well.
• Add well-drained pineapple and refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes or overnight.
• Garnish with pineapple tidbits.

SEAFOAM SALAD

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat 1 cup reserved pear juice to boiling.
• In a small bowl add lime jello; pour pear juice over jello; stir until dissolved; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with milk until smooth; blend in jello mixture.
• Chill in refrigerator until partially thickened, about 20-30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, mash pears until smooth.
• Fold pears and Cool Whip into jello mixture.
• Pour into a mold.
• Chill until set, about 2-3 hours.
• Dip mold in warm water for approx 5 minutes.
• Invert onto serving platter.

SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the quartered celery, smashed garlic, half of the lemon juice, 10 cups water, and salt and pepper to taste in a large saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil, then uncover, add the carrots and cook 2 minutes. Add the shrimp and cook until opaque, about 4 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the carrots and shrimp to a colander and rinse under cold water. Return the water to a boil, add the scallops and cook until opaque, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the scallops with a slotted spoon, add to the colander and rinse under cold water.
• Ladle out 1/3 cup of the poaching liquid; set aside to cool. Dice half of the avocado and combine with the sliced celery, lettuce, capers and croutons in a large bowl. Add the carrots, shrimp and scallops.
• Puree the remaining avocado half in a blender with the reserved poaching liquid, the remaining lemon juice, the caper brine, chopped garlic, mayonnaise, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Toss with the salad and season with salt and pepper.

SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the lemon halves and garlic, then submerge a large heatproof strainer in the water. Soak the red onion in ice water while you cook the seafood. Fill a large bowl with ice water; set aside.
• Add the shrimp to the strainer in the boiling water and cook until pink, about 2 minutes; carefully remove the strainer and add the shrimp to the large bowl of ice water. Bring the water back to a boil, return the strainer to the pot, then add the scallops and simmer until cooked through, about 2 minutes; remove the strainer and add the scallops to the ice water. Repeat with the calamari, cooking until they just turn opaque, about 2 minutes. Repeat with the mussels, covering the pot; cook until the shells open, about 5 minutes. Drain the seafood from the ice water and remove the mussels from their shells; pat the seafood dry.
• Drain the red onion and pat dry. Combine the seafood, red onion, celery, fennel, olives and parsley in a large bowl. Drizzle with the lemon juice and olive oil and toss; season with salt and pepper. Let stand 30 minutes before serving (or refrigerate up to 4 hours; bring to room temperature before serving). Top with fennel fronds. Photograph by Con Poulos

MIXED SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• For the court bouillon: Combine the white wine, peppercorns, thyme, bay leaves, dill, serranos, lemons and fennel in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then add 8 cups room temperature water and the shrimp. Put the squid and the scallops in a fine-mesh strainer and lower them directly into the court bouillon. Gently poach the seafood until cooked through and tender, about 15 minutes. Remove the seafood to a plate, strain the court bouillon into a bowl, and then add the seafood back to the court bouillon. Add a few ice cubes to cool the liquid down. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• For the seafood salad: In a large mixing bowl, combine the lemon zest and juice, olive oil, oregano and black pepper. Whisk well. With a slotted spoon, remove the chilled seafood from the court bouillon and add it to the bowl along with the cherry tomatoes, olives, pepperoncinis and bell peppers. Toss well.
• Arrange a bed of arugula on a large serving platter. Mound the seafood salad on top and garnish with the feta and capers. Serve immediately.

WOOD FAMILY'S SEAFOAM SALAD AKA "GREEN STUFF"

Steps:

• Drain the pears.
• Put the pear juice in a measuring cup and add enough water to make 2 cups of liquid.
• Make the Jello using the 2 cups of the liquid.
• When the Jello is dissolved, place in the refrigerator until almost set.
• Mash the pears.
• Mash the softened cream cheese adding the milk as you mash and blend this mixture until smooth.
• Add the pears to the cream cheese mixture.
• Put the cream cheese mixture and the Jello in the mixing bowl and blend together.
• Fold in the Cool Whip and mix all together well.
• Pour your Seafoam Salad into a pretty glass bowl.
• Put the halved cherries on the top for decoration.
• Chill well and serve.

EASY SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Finely grate zest from orange. Cut orange crosswise in half; squeeze juice from orange. Transfer zest and juice to a large bowl. Repeat with lemon and lime. Add shrimp, crab, onion and pepper; toss to coat. Serve on lettuce with crackers.

PINEAPPLE SEA FOAM SALAD

Steps:

• Melt marshmallows in double boiler. Dissolve Jello in boiling water. Add cream cheese, melted marshmallows, and stir well. Let stand until thickened. Add crushed pineapple and juice. Fold in whipped cream. Set until firm.

EASY SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• Gently mix the shrimp, imitation crabmeat, cabbage, celery, and green onions together in a large bowl. Stir the mayonnaise and sugar together in a separate bowl until the sugar is dissolved into the mayonnaise; add to the shrimp mixture and gently stir until all ingredients are evenly coated.
• Refrigerate for 3 hours to allow the cabbage to soften and the flavors to blend.

WARM SEAFOOD SALAD

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the first seven ingredients; add 2 teaspoons oil. Shake well; set aside., In a large skillet, cook the shrimp, scallops and garlic in remaining oil over medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque., Divide the greens between two salad plates; top with seafood mixture. Shake dressing and drizzle over salads.

SEAFOOD SALAD III

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, sugar, salt, vinegar and milk. Add the crabmeat, celery and green pepper and stir until evenly combined. Refrigerate until ready to use.

SEA FOAM SALAD

Steps:

• Heat 1 1/2 cup pear juice.
• pour over lime jello, while hot pour over cream cheese which has been mashed with milk.
• cook until thicken to whipping stage.
• add pears, which have been mashed with a fork.
• fold in cream (whipped), or dream whip.
• let set.

GREEN SEAFOAM SALAD

Steps:

• Drain pears and reserve juice. Put pears aside to puree. Heat pear juice to just boiling. Thoroughly dissolve lime Jell-O in hot juice & put in fridge to cool (about 10 minutes).
• Whip cream cheese with Miracle Whip (about 1 minute). Add cooled Jell-O & whip thoroughly till cream cheese seems dissolved or almost dissolved (takes several minutes). Add Cool Whip and beat till smooth (about 2 minutes.) Put in fridge to set about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile put pears in blender and puree. Add pureed pears to cooled mixture and beat 1 - 2 minutes more. Put in pretty container (clear glass bowl looks great!) Refrigerate an hour or more before serving.