Recipe - Indulge! Appetizers

PEARLY GREATS
1 cn Smoked oysters; drained
Arugula leaves; separated
Sesame crackers
Cracked pepper; assortment

LOBSTER RAITA
1 lg Cucumber; peel seed chop
1 cup Cooked lobster meat; torn
bits
One fourth cup Diced onion; red or green
1 teaspoon Celery seeds
1 pn Ground cumin
1 cup Yogurt
One half cup Buttermilk
3 tablespoon Chopped fresh parsley
4 Radicchio leaves

BOURSIN DIP
1 pack Lite boursin cheese; at room
temperature
2 tablespoon Sundried tomatoes;
reconstituted
And finely chopped
1 small Loaf French bread; cut or sliced up

CRABBY ARTICHOKE BOTTOMS
Crab meat; flaked
Fresh tarragon; finely
chopped
Lowfat mayonnaise; or
Red pepper
Cayenne or flakes

DATES STUFFED WITH ALMONDS
6 Dates
6 Whole almonds

PEARLY GREATS: Smoked oysters are packed in oil. Drain and pat dry with
paper towels. Layer, 1 cracker with a leaf or two of arugula and a plump
oyster; garnish the plate with freshly cracked peppers, pink, green and
black. Watercress would work well, too.

CLAWS CELEBRE aka Lobster Raita: Mix cucumber, seafood, onion, seasonings
with yogurt; thin with buttermilk. Separate radicchio leaves, small, curled
into a cup shape. Divide seafood salad into four servings. (about 100 cal)

BOURSIN Cheese is creamy, flavorful, fairly light. Whip the cheese with
softened sundried tomatoes. Dieters spread 1 tables on three bread slices.
(110 cals for all three).

CRABBY ARTICHOKES: Artichoke bottoms are bitesize edible cups, come in a
can or jar, cleaned and ready to eat. Fill each 'cup' with a mixture of
tarragon and crab salad. (3 cups, filled, 187 cal, 4.8 g fat)

DATES STUFFED WITH ALMONDS: That 's it. Matthew Kenny, a NY chef, so
simple, so popular. He leaves the skin on the almond but you could use
blanched. (all 6 dates = 172 cals)

Prevention November 1996 [Pat H. McRecipe, Oct 1996]
Recipe By : Prevention November 1996

Posted to Digest eatlf.v096.n198

Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:13:29 0700 (PDT)

From: PatH phannema@wizard.ucr.edu