If you’re stumped for a seafood salad idea for a romantic brunch, lunch, or picnic, you’ll enjoy this elegant and easy recipe for a marinated Tequila Lime Crab Salad from the folks at The Gourmet Foodie Blog.

Ingredients:

16 oz fresh crab meat
1/2 cup tequila lime marinade
1 bag fresh spinach salad
1 avocado pitted peeled and sliced
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup scallions minced
1 cup sliced pitted Greek olives
1/2 cucumber sliced
1/4 cup shredded Colby jack cheese

How to Make Tequila Lime Crab Salad.

Enjoy!

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Here’s a wonderful salad recipe for Blackened Portobello Mushroom Salad from the folks at My Recipes.Com, a website that shares recipes from such magazines as Cooking Light, Southern Living, Sunset, Coastal Living, All You, Real Simple, and Health.

Packed with the great taste of fresh portobello mushrooms, this is a memorable tasting salad that even non-salad lovers might find hard to resist.

Want to take this salad to the next level? Grill the portobello mushrooms before you use them in the salad (instead of cooking them on the stovetop) to increase the wow factor.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup tomato juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons stone-ground mustard
1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
4 (4-ounce) portobello mushroom caps (about 5 inches wide)
1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning for steak (such as Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Steak Magic)
2 teaspoons olive oil
Cooking spray
16 cups gourmet salad greens
1 large tomato, cut into 8 wedges
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion, separated into rings
1 (15-ounce) can cannellini or other white beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup (1 ounce) crumbled blue cheese

How to Make Blackened Portobello Mushroom Salad.

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