Creamy Crab Dip
I woke up this morning STARVING and this hit the spot.
It’s a simple crab dip.
This cream crab dip was my breakfast this morning.
Simple, not simple simple, but delicious simple.
I have always LOVED the taste of crab and had an affinity for crab legs, crab claws, crab cakes, etc., even as a kid – and associated them with going to the beach because that’s when going out for seafood was a given.
Making this makes long for the beach.
I’m so sick of sweatshirts and socks.
And shivering my ass off walking from the parking deck to the door to work. I’m definitely not a winter lover.
Since I can’t snap my fingers and make summer suddenly appear, let’s take a little trip down memory lane.
Let’s peruse a typical day at the beach as a kid, shall we?
8 am. You get up in the morning, go out to the beach early with your family, flop around in the water, beg your parents to get up off their beach chairs.
They don’t.
They’re too busy reading People magazine or a book, drinking Tab (Dad’s got a Miller High Life) sleeping, or talking about where we’re going for dinner. (They certainly weren’t busy on cellphones or tablets.)
11 am. Parents open the cooler full of canned Pepsi’s, ham and cheese sandwiches and potato chips – barely protected from the melted ice thanks to those lame ass fold-over plastic bags.
You try to eat your almost soggy sandwich and pray to God you don’t get sand on it.
11:03 am You get sand on your ham sandwich.
Damnit.
You try slinging it off, but your efforts are futile. Doesn’t matter, you’re not hungry anyway.
You ignore your mother’s insistence on another layer of sunblock and trample back into the water like you don’t hear her. Who needs sunblock?
You’ve got more important shit to do. Somebody has to find those damn whole sand dollars.
12 pm. You turn around to make sure your parents are still there. Little do you know the tide has moved you sideways about 500 feet.
You instantly hyperventilate – they have literally left your ass.
12:01 pm. Continue to hyperventilate while you’re walking out of the water, scoping the beach for your parents, wondering WTF you’re gonna do being abandoned, you’re an orphan, who will take you in?
12:03 pm. You spot your mother on the beach, breathe a sigh of relief and go back to your business.
Back to the water. You eyeball a sand dollar.
Son of a bitch, it’s not whole.
2 pm. You watch a Cessna-type plane fly across the sky with a long white banner advertising the latest seafood deal at whatever restaurant paid them enough to do it.
You shield your eyes from the blinding sun that is unrelenting and try to ignore the slightly intense burning on your back/cheeks/scalp. For a half second something tells you that if you hadn’t ignored your mother you wouldn’t be suffering, but the water/sand/waves call you and you currently don’t give a single shit.
3 pm. Your ass is burned up to the point that you can barely move. You go back to the room and take that shocking shower. Then you argue with your mom about the sunblock.
4 pm. Go to “the strip” to one of the many souvenir shops. Stand in line for two hours to get an airbrushed multi-colored “Panama City 1986” shirt. You beg for stupid pens, sand filled shit and bobble heads that are nothing but a waste of money. You promised your best friend.
Remember?
6 pm. Dinner – Seafood Buffet. Parents complain about the price because it’s $27.00 a plate, when the kids are only going to eat a handful of mac ‘n cheese, 4 rolls, maybe some french fries and a shit ton of soft serve ice cream.
9 pm. You get slathered in that slimy green stuff that soothes the burn because you’re fried from the sun. Off to bed. You decide sunblock isn’t such a bad idea.
I think I was an exception to most kids when it came to food – I ate the hell out of some crab legs.
My dad, for some reason, would bring that up during our few meals together before he died in 2009.
He was definitely a foodie!
Creamy Crab Dip

Ingredients
- 16 oz. crabmeat (imitation is just fine), chopped
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 onion, diced
- 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
- 1 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
- 2 tbsp horseradish sauce
- 4 tbsp sour cream (not fat free)
Instructions
Combine everything in a medium sized mixing bowl.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Serve with pita chips, crackers or fresh veggies.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 109Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 84mgSodium: 717mgCarbohydrates: 2gFiber: 0gSugar: 1gProtein: 15g
The provided nutrition calculated may not always be accurate.
10 Comments
laramealor.com
January 31, 2014 at 10:36 AMCan not wait o try tis LOVE crab!
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Kari@Loaves n Dishes
January 30, 2014 at 7:05 PMI love all of the ingredients that are in this simple crab dip; not too little, not too much, just perfect!
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
January 29, 2014 at 9:01 AMThis looks amazing. I just pinned it.
Debi @ Adorned From Above
Joy @ Yesterfood
January 28, 2014 at 7:53 AMShea, your gorgeous dip has been pinned, and is being featured at Treasure Box Tuesday today! Thanks for partying with us! 🙂
Debbie-Dabble
January 24, 2014 at 8:04 PMI have made this many times especially for the Holidays!!
I am co hosting Fluster’s Creative Muster Link Party and I want to thank you for linking up!!
Hugs,
Debbie
Kelly @ The Moon and Me
January 23, 2014 at 1:41 PMOh man…this looks yummy!!!!! Think I’ll make some for game night this weekend! 🙂
Kelly
Accidentally Wonderful
January 22, 2014 at 11:54 AMLove crab dip!I’d love it if you’d share this at my link party, going on now! http://accidentallywonderful.blogspot.com/2014/01/accidentally-wonderful-wednesday-2_21.html
Jodee Weiland
January 21, 2014 at 8:52 PMI love crab, and I love your recipe. This looks beyond delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Teri @ The Freshman Cook
January 21, 2014 at 8:46 PMThis looks amazing! I wish I had some right now because I am starving, and it is too late too eat, but I am hungry. Oh, well! I love the sound of your recipe, and I will make it soon! I’d love if you would stop by and link this and anything else you’d like to my Super Bowl Eats and Treats Linky Party! You can link sandwiches, appetizers, desserts, crafts, parties, anything that says “Super Bowl” to you!! http://bit.ly/Lvc0q2
Hope to see you there!
Cindy ~Hun... What's for Dinner?
January 21, 2014 at 6:22 PMGreat flavours in this crab dip! Thank you so much for sharing at Simple Supper Tuesday.