Last night I wanted something just light and fresh and summery for dinner. And something that required a very minimal amount of cooking, since it’s so hot out. I made Shrimp & Crab Salad Rolls with Quick Corn & Potato Chowder. Click the link below to see the recipes.

Shrimp and Crab Salad Rolls
From Cooking Light

We loved the kick provided by the horseradish. For milder flavor, use one teaspoon horseradish. Look for horseradish in the condiment section near mustards. If you can’t find crabmeat, double the amount of coarsely chopped cooked shrimp to three cups. Total time: 40 minutes.

3 tablespoons chopped green onions
3 tablespoons light mayonnaise
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
8 ounces coarsely chopped cooked shrimp (about 1 1/2 cups chopped)
8 ounces lump crabmeat, drained and shell pieces removed
4 small whole wheat hoagie rolls, split and toasted
4 small Boston lettuce leaves

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, and stir well. Add chopped cooked shrimp and lump crabmeat, stirring to combine. Line each hoagie roll with 1 lettuce leaf. Place 2/3 cup shrimp mixture in each bun.

Yield: 4 servings

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 327(24% from fat); FAT 8.8g (sat 1.1g,mono 1.8g,poly 4.1g); PROTEIN 29.7g; CHOLESTEROL 172mg; CALCIUM 152mg; SODIUM 766mg; FIBER 5.4g; IRON 4.2mg; CARBOHYDRATE 35.4g

Karen Levin
Cooking Light, MAY 2005

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Quick Corn and Potato Chowder
From Cooking Light

Combine 2 cups refrigerated hash brown potatoes with onions and peppers (such as Simply Potatoes)*, 1 1/2 cups 1% low-fat milk, 1 (14 3/4 oz.) can cream-style corn, 3/4 tsp. salt, and 1/3 tsp. black pepper in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occassionally. Reduce heat, and simmer 8 minutes or until thickened, stirring occassionally. Ladle chowder into bowls, top each serving with 1 1/2 tstp, chopped fresh chive.**

* The local Jewel was sold out of these so I bought frozen hash brown potatoes and chopped peppers and green onion myself.

** I also topped with a small amount of cheddar.