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This week MacDuff of Lonely Sidecar chose the Craving Ellie in My Belly recipe, and her pick was a Lobster Roll. Yum! To me, nothing says summertime like some great seafood, or to be more specific, shellfish.

I am a shellfish addict - shrimp, lobster, mussels, and my favorite littleneck clams. I will eat it all in almost any form you can think of to prepare it.

So I was excited to try this recipe out. I originally planned to make it with some lobster that Nick’s sister and brother in-law were bringing down from Rhode Island over 4th of July. However, I forgot. So I ended up making it earlier this week with some jumbo shrimp.

The recipe really is the dressing which consists of mayo, greek yogurt, celery, scallion, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. It was pretty good. I ended up using only a little bit of the dressing on my sandwich, but Nick put a bunch more on his and really enjoyed it. It was a tad bit bland, which some members mentioned on the Tell All, so I added more salt and some celery salt to this mixture. The dressing kind of reminded me of coleslaw dressing, and there was already celery in it, so it seemed natural. MacDuff also suggested using Old Bay on the Tell All, which I totally should have thought of, but I had already made them.

I don’t really know much about what an authentic lobster or shrimp roll is supposed to be, so I don’t know how this compares. Though I can imagine that those sandwiches have mayo and maybe sour cream on them. I also did not serve these on a hot dog roll because I had some baguettes in the house, so I am sure that made a difference texture wise.

This wasn’t one of my favorite Ellie recipes, but it was still an enjoyable dinner. What I liked even more though, was this Rice and Lentil Salad that I made courtesy of Giada DeLaurentiis. The salad was fantastic! You should try it out.