Everybody loves eggs. We commonly meet them at breakfast table either scrambled or fried. However, these are really mouth watering salad staples too. Egg salad recipes are probably one of the best salads to make. Not only is it be served as is, but it could also be used as a sandwich filling.
Below you can find recipes assembled from different sources. You will wish to try one or two at home. Don’t worry if you do not get to close them, these salads can still make it to tomorrows sandwich. Now, enough said. Grab your things and let’s start whisking.
CHUNKY EGG SALAD
serves 4
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 Big spoon cider vinegar
1 small spoon salt
1/4 cup minced onion
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce or
1 small spoon of prepared mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
6 hard-cooked eggs
1 cup thin cut celery
2 Spoons minced green pepper or red or green hamburger relish
sliced tomatoes or whole tomato
parsley for garnish
In a medium bowl, stir mayonnaise and next five ingredients until well mixed. Cut eggs into chunks or dice, as you prefer. Add eggs, celery, add green pepper or relish to mayonnaise mixture. Mix well. Cover and cool until well chilled.
To Serve : Spoon mixture on tomato slices or into whole tomato. If using whole tomato, either cut off top and spoon out some of the middle, set on shredded lettuce and loosely fill with egg salad, or cut tomato into 8 wedges but don’t cut all the way down, so the tomato wedges will stay connected.
Garden Egg Salad Bowl
Makes four servings
6 tbsp. Mayonnaise
1 tsp. prepared mustard
1/4 tsp. Lemon pepper seasoning
1/8 tsp. Salt
1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
1/2 cup thinly chopped cauliflower
1/2 cup cut celery
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup quartered and sliced zucchini
2 tsp. Dried chives
3 hard boiled eggs, coarsely chopped
Spinach leaves
Paprika
4 oz. cut julienne Swiss cheese
Tomato wedges
Pimiento-stuffed olives
In a medium bowl, stir together mayo, mustard, lemon-pepper seasoning and salt. Stir in peas, cauliflower, mushrooms, celery, zucchini and chives. Gently stir in eggs.
Line salad bowls with spinach. Spoon in egg salad. Spatter with paprika. Garnish with Swiss cheese, tomato and olives.
Note : if needed, egg salad can be spooned into a tomato cup and placed on a bed of spinach.
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