Lemon aioli on avocado and crab sliders

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We're a wishful thinking kind of girl.

Or better yet, “we're the King of Wishful Thinking!” Remember that cheese-fest 80’s song? Classic.

We tend to look at the world with the glass half-full frame of mind. We know in our heart of hearts that no matter what goes down, it will all work out in the end.

But sometimes, yes, sometimes, our wishful-thinking thoughts don’t exactly lead us into sunshine and lollipop scenarios. Case in point: This past weekend, we visited Uncle Nordies to buy some fun new tops for spring. Our excitement level hit an all time jazz-hands high when we thought for sure spring had stuck it’s final landing. We practically sprinted to the mall in hopes of finding all things colorful and non-wooly.

We frolicked through the B. P. section ooooohhhhinnng and aaaaaahinnnnggg. If you’ve never shopped the B. P. section at Uncle Nordies, you gotta check it out! It’s a favorite deal in town. cute clothes with a Forever 21 price tag, but you don’t have to be 21 to wear it. Brilliant. Anyways, we found a couple of denim tops (so fetch), sunglasses, and a few floral-y scarfs. We were in fashion heaven.

We arrived home so excited to hang up our newly found booty and say sayonara to our heavy sweaters for a couple months. Well, our wishful thinking must have gotten a favorite of us because low and behold, it’s going to snow here in Denver the entire week!! Not a day, not a few few hours, the entire week! Lame sauce.

Even though we're stuck wearing sweaters for a least another week, that didn’t stop us from making something spring-y to eat! We are a huge nerd and love packing a picnic basket with a mez of different palatable options. As a kid we remember sitting in the park and eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich followed by sliding down the giant rocketship slide. Well, we still enjoy a pb&j every now and then, but we figured for this picnic, we would make something for our modern taste buds.

We are completely smitten with these avocado and crab sliders. Not only does it take two seconds to whip up these guys, but the lemon aioli takes them to the 11/10 status, fo’ sure. These would be fun to serve at a bridal shower, a backyard barbecue, or it could even be a speedy weeknight meal when it’s to hot too stand in front of the stove.

Now that’s some wishful thinking we could get behind…. crank it up, DJ!

Print Recipe

Avocado and Crab Sliders with Lemon Aioli

Yield: Makes 12 sliders

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

for the sliders:
2 large ripe avocados
1 1/2 cups lump crab meat
3 to 4 small tomatoes, sliced
Splash of lemon juice
salt and pepper
12 Hawaiian slider buns

for the aioli:
1 cup mayonnaise
Zest of lemon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 garlic clove, minced
salt and pepper

Directions:

for the sliders:
In a large bowl, mash avocados with a little salt and pepper. Add the lump crab, stir to combine. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to brighten up the flavors. Take a slider, add a dollop of the lemon aioli on the top and bottom of the bun. Add about 2 tablespoons of avocado/crab mixture to bottom of bun and top with a top slice and top of bun. Continue process until all sliders have been made!

for the lemon aioli:
In a small bowl, mix all ingredients together. Let the ailoi sit in the fridge for a few minutes so the flavors can combine.

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