My nutrition counselor said I'm not eating enough protein, so she suggested incorporating imitation crab meat, but I have no idea how to prepare it. Do I eat it right out of the bag? cook it? cold? hot? warm? I've always had fresh crab, this is my first time with imitation crab meat.

You can eat it out of the bag, heated, or however you like! It's cooked fish.

For a nutritious meal, you can turn it into sushi. Or toss it on salad if you can tolerate it.

I like it cold and plain. Or make it into something similar to tuna salad

I make crab salad mix little mayo, chopped onion, celery, and olives. I eat with crackers and lemons

I snack on it all the time. I just eat it cold right from the package! I prefer the pieces that are shaped like legs. Yum!

thanks for all the suggestions. I will try it right out of the bag with some lime. If i can tolerate it, i will add things to it. I love this forum!!

I mix my crab with a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese. Sometimes I add veggies or Mini Babybel cheese cut up. Fresh mushrooms, onion, celery. Sometimes I cut up precooked shrimp and mix it all in with the Laughing Cow wedge. I have used almost all the flavors, garlic herb, French onion, Swiss...I don't care for the blue cheese or the queso fresco with the crab. I eat it alone when I'm being very good. With Triscuits if I'm in the mood.

Imitation crab meat is very high in carbohydrates and low in protein. It would be better to have the real thing or any other fish.

This is the "recipe" I entered into My Fitness Pal. There are the stats, you can determine if it is what you want nutritionally.

I am surprised your nutritionist would suggest imitation crab. It does have quite a few carbs as opposed to real crab. The imitation is much cheaper, though. And we do need some carbs for energy. I suppose if you just keep track not to get too many carbs, this would be OK.

All carbs are not bad, though these are from added sugars so you need to consider that. That said, I like to make it by putting it in a hot pan and doing a quick sautee, then melt cheddar cheese on it like a crab melt I sometimes have it on toast but often just like that.

How about pureeing it with some tomato and plain yogurt for a bisque type soup? Could add cheese on top and let melt.

I love it cold with just cocktail sauce. Also it is good make into a salad with a little mayo, celery, onion, salt and pepper.

Shred with a pico de gallo salsa and lemon juice, and you have a crab ceviche. Mmmmmm yummy!

I have eaten it right out of the package... At my local food store they sell in reg packages then in individual packages (like string cheese)

I also make a quick family dish: I sautee a shallot, mushrooms and add the crab meat to warm it. I usually add some white wine while cooking the shallot and mushrooms. Then I steam broccoli and mix it all together with some shredded mozarella cheese.

I just eat this mixture but I serve it to my family over whole wheat pasta that I toss in a little EVOO and garlic. I used to do this recipie with real crab but then I started using the immitation crab meat and it tastes great too! So you could really use either one!

This is a favorite in my house. My 3 year old LOVES it! He also eats the imitation crab meat right out of the bag. We have to keep it in my house like we do string cheese.