Simple Healthy Seafood Pinwheels Appetizer

This simple seafood pinwheel appetizer is a seafood lovers dream! A tangy cream cheese mayo, and cocktail sauce blend is spread onto tortillas, then loaded with canned crab meat and cocktail sized shrimp, along with mozzarella cheese and finely chopped tomatoes. If you’re looking for a quick and easy after school snack or the next healthy appetizer for your latest event – you’ve definitely found it here.

Notes:

It might be easier to add the crab meat right into the cream cheese spread.
I suggest using a serrated knife to cut the pinwheels. My bread knife is my favorite for this.
Please check out bottom of the post (under the directions) if you’d like to see photos of the entire cooking process.

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Healthy Easy Seafood Pinwheels Appetizer

Servings: 24

Prep time: 15 minutes

Chill time: 1-2 hours

Storage: Cover and refrigerate any leftovers. These can get soggy, so I keep them a max of one day.

You will need the following items to make this recipe:

Plastic wrap
Serrated knife, like a bread knife

Ingredients:

8oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup seafood cocktail sauce
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
4oz can crab meat, drained
4oz can small cocktail sized shrimp
1 roma tomato, finely diced
4 large flour tortillas

Directions:

Add the cream cheese, mayonnaise, and cocktail sauce to a small bowl and stir to mix well.
Dice the tomato into fine pieces.
Spread ¼ of the mixture over each of the tortillas.
Sprinkle ¼ of the mozzarella cheese over each tortilla, then add some crab meat and shrimp, and finally the diced tomatoes.
Roll the tortillas up tightly, then cover in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1-2 hours, or until ready to serve.
Once ready to serve, remove the tortilla rolls from the refrigerator, and slice them into one inch pieces, discarding the ends (or eating them), and arrange onto a platter to serve.

Step 1: Add the cream cheese, mayonnaise, and cocktail sauce to a small bowl and stir to mix well.

Step 2: Dice the tomato into fine pieces.

Step 3: Spread ¼ of the mixture over each of the tortillas.

Step 4: Sprinkle ¼ of the mozzarella cheese over each tortilla, then add some crab meat and shrimp, and finally the diced tomatoes.

Step 5: Roll the tortillas up tightly, then cover in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1-2 hours, or until ready to serve.

Step 6: Once ready to serve, remove the tortilla rolls from the refrigerator, and slice them into one inch pieces, discarding the ends (or eating them), and arrange onto a platter to serve.