Crab and Shrimp Mini- Tostadas

2 cans crab meat
1 1/2 lb mini shrimp (you can make them fresh with a lil craw fish boil and refrigerate or buy frozen cooked ones and thaw)
1 large cabbage head, shredded
2 cans Black Beans, rinsed and strained
2 cans Corn, rinsed and strained
1 bunch Cilantro chopped fine
2 scallions chopped fine
Dressing:
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Shrimp, Crawfish, Tofu or Tempeh
Etouffee

1- 1.5 lbs Protein of your choice
1 stick  Butter- or Soy Margarine
1/2 cup Flour
1 -1.5 cups Stock Vegetable or Fish
1/4-1/2 Tomato Sauce (optional- some folks  like it with - some without- I prefer it without tomato)
1/4- 1/2 cup Dry White Wine (optional)
2-4 cloves Garlic, minced
1 Large white Onion, minced
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Caribbean influenced rice OR CAULIFLOWER if you are grain free:
1 and 1/2  cups Long Grain Brown Rice ( Read more... )

Ginger Salmon

2 lbs. Salmon with the skin
1 small Onion, sliced in rings
2 in. by 1 in. piece of fresh Ginger Root- slice as thin as you can (use a sharp mandolin) or minced finely.
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1 small bunch of fresh Cilantro leaves roughly chopped
1 tbsp. Grapeseed Oil or  Oil Spray
2 Limes, juiced
1 or 2 tbs. Honey
1/8-1/4 cup Soy Sauce
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This dish can be made with Tofu, Fish or Poultry

Protein choice:
Extra, Super Firm, Reduced Fat Tofu (the fat reduction changes the texture)
or
Chicken or Turkey Breasts
or
Chilean Sea Bass

1 large Onion, diced ( Read more... )

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