Crab Cakes & Easy Creamy Baked Asparagus

Fast, easy, light and refreshing! Which all made me feel better about having Taco John's for lunch! The crab cakes are suppose to be a knock off of Joe's Crab Shack...I've never had their crab cakes so I don't know how they compare but they were good! The asparagus was great - but I'll eat almost anything if you put ranch dressing on it! Dustin insists on having some sort of "dipping sauce" for EVERYTHING (we own 13213465 bottles of different mustards, ranch dressing and Dorothy Lynch!) so the sauce on top I pulled out of thin air so there aren't exact measurements!

As for the crab....I live in small town Iowa. It came from a can. That's all we got!

Crab Cakes

2/3 cup mayonnaise
5 egg yolks
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon blackening seasoning (I used Cajun seasoning)
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 cup crushed, chopped parsley ( I used a couple T's of dried)
2 1/2 cups breadcrumbs (used Panko)
2 lbs crab meat

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together.
Make into 4 oz. patties.

Fry in 1 inch of oil until golden brown.

 

 

Easy Creamy Baked Asparagus

1lb asparagus
1/4C Ranch dressing
2T shredded Parmesan
12 crushed Ritz crackers

Preheat oven to 350*. Cook asparagus in simmering water in a large skillet 2-3 minutes or until bright green. Drain.
Toss asparagus with dressing in a baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese and crackers.
Bake 10-15 minutes or until heated through.


The sauce:
Couple spoonfuls mayo, a small spoonful dill relish, few shakes lemon pepper, couple dashes of hot sauce

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