Wednesday

I didn't sleep very well last night, I was up and down all night and finally drifted off to sleep around 5:30am. It was hard waking up at 7:15am. I did lay back down when Wesley took a nap. I didn't do much today. I did get a ton of laundry folded that I've been putting off and I have some clothes in the washer and dryer to finish. Last night after dinner I mixed up some Imitation Crab Meat salad and that is what I had for dinner, I served it with crackers. Keith is working his part time job and will eat when he gets home. I hope to get to bed fairly early tonight and hopefully stay asleep all night. Seems the older I get the harder it is for me to sleep good at night.

Here my recipe for the Imitation Crab Meat Salad. I'm very proud of this recipe I made it up myself. I Googled seafood salad and looked over a ton of recipes, then I came up with this one and if I do say so myself it is the best I've ever eaten. :)

Shirla's Imitation Crab Meat Salad

I didn't measure anything but the mayo and the Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing.

About 1 tablespoon Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing (the one in the bottle NOT the dry mix)

1/2 cup mayo (I use Dukes)

1 stalk of celery (finely chopped)

1 small onion (finely chopped)

lemon juice (I used one of those plastic lemons and I have no idea how much I used, at first I thought I had gotten heavy handed with it, but after everything hung out all together over night and part of the day it was just the right amount)

a pinch of celery flakes, a pinch of dried minced onion flakes

two-three drops of hot sauce

little bit of salt and pepper

one pound imitation crab meat, flaked.

I mixed the mayo and everything else up and then I added the crab meat and mixed some more. Chill and I served with Captain Crackers.