Just looking at this makes my mouth water!
Egg salad is an absolutely delicious way to get a primal meal in. It also happens to be one of the absolute easiest things you can make. I have my wife addicted to it so we have this almost on a daily around here.
Ingredients:
-6 Hardboiled eggs
-3 tablespoons Mayonnaise. Extra kudos if you make your own. Here is a great mayonnaise recipe courtesy my good web buddy Marc at Feel Good Eating!
- 1-2 tablespoons Mustard. Almost any kind will do. I tend to prefer deli mustard because of the big seeds but dijon or any other works fine.
Optional Ingredients:
Onions
Celery
Paprika
Anything that strikes your fancy
Instructions:
1. Peel shells off of hardboiled eggs and place eggs in a large bowl.
2. Using a fork, smask the eggs into pieces. You want it to be somewhat chunky so don’t over smash!
3. Add mayonnaise and mustard to eggs and mix well. Mayonnaise can be adjusted to preference (less for drier egg salad and more for pastier). I tend to eyeball it. Mustard can also be adjusted (less for blander or more for tangier). Again, I tend to eyeball it.
4. (OPTIONAL) I usually skip this part as i enjoy plain egg salad. Add in other features such as chopped celery or onions. A little bit of Paprika is also pretty darn good in egg salad.
5. Enjoy!
See? SO easy.No excuse not to treat yourself and give this one a try. This can easily be thrown in a Tupperware and stored in the fridge or taken with you as well.
What additions do you like to make to your eggs salad?
January 21st, 2009 - 8:59 am
Yummmm!!!
Hook me up with a delicious deviled egg recipe too. Damn I love deviled eggs.
Oh I think this is gonna be dinner- great on a salad, I can tell!
January 21st, 2009 - 9:04 am
Bee,
Deviled eggs are almost the same thing. Just cut the eggs in half and then mix up the yolks, mayonnaise and mustard together (and copped onions if you like). Spoon the mush back into the eggs where the yolks used to be and top with a dash of paprika!
January 21st, 2009 - 9:09 am
This looks awesome – am definitely going to try, along with making some of marc’s mayo.
Thing is, I already go through 12 eggs a week!
January 21st, 2009 - 9:15 am
Firstlunchthenwar,
Only 12 eggs!? I just calculated… on some weeks, I will go through 38 eggs. Thats just me and not my spouse! Wow. Never realized that.
January 21st, 2009 - 9:34 am
Only 7 more than me! Have to say, eggs are an absolute godsend – I’d never have breakfast otherwise.
Primal breakfasts are a real struggle for me, it’s eggs or nothing. I recall there being a primal breakfast suggestions post at MDA but it mostly involved dairy :/
January 21st, 2009 - 10:47 am
I’ve been eating tons of boiled eggs lately, this will definitely make them more exciting. My daughter is also way into them now. Deviled eggs rule!
January 21st, 2009 - 11:38 am
SOG,
Thanks for the link love my man, and I feel the same way. One of these days we will connect in person…somewhere…sometime.
I still think we should organize some big get together.
Have a great day!
Marc
January 21st, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Roger,
).There are a lot of good ways to spice up eggs!
I tend to like my eggs fried over easy, egg salad, deviled or in a quiche (real men eat quiche
Marc,
Anytime. Keep coming up with the good stuff and I am glad to link it.
January 21st, 2009 - 12:13 pm
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January 21st, 2009 - 12:53 pm
Fresh dill! Or fresh chervil. Yummy yum. Egg salad is so good.
January 21st, 2009 - 1:31 pm
Rachel,
Good call, fresh dill would make an excellent addition!
January 21st, 2009 - 7:40 pm
You are my kinda egg guy. Scrambled is probably my least favorite style, because I am a YOLK girl through and through. Fried over easy or poached. Or soft boiled (except I’m too incompetent to do this, so I only get them on European breakfast bars where they always have them).
I love deviled eggs. I need to figure out a good replacement for Marzetti Slaw Dressing (the secret to great deviled eggs)… it’s gotta a lot of crap in it. Dijon mustard is good too… and the country style has the grainy mustard seeds in it.
Dill is a good idea.
TG
Might have to boil some up
January 21st, 2009 - 8:07 pm
Trailgrrl,
I am not a big fan of scrambled eggs either. Never have been. Ill still eat them though if there is no other option!
January 22nd, 2009 - 9:14 am
Love eggs. Wife not as much but she does eat most of what I make with them. When I make deviled eggs or egg salad its never the same. Can never remember what I put in it the last time. Always good, though.
I like the yolks not cooked all the way also. Taste much better. I think the key to scrambled eggs is not to overcook them or over-scramble them. You should not think there ready to eat when you take them out of them pan. I also mix a tad of heavy cream in.
Dr. Eades had a great breakfast I like. Soft boiled eggs in a bowl with butter, salt and pepper. Break the eggs up into chunks and mix all together. Its great. He has a post on it somewhere with the blowing the egg out of the shell trick video.
SoG, quiche used to be my breakfast every weekday. I’ve changed for now and will eventually go back.
Joe
January 22nd, 2009 - 9:22 am
My kids always loved tuna fish tossed in their egg salad for a refreshing change. It actually tastes quite yummy. Try it!
January 22nd, 2009 - 9:23 am
Joe,
Good for you because real men aren’t afraid of a little quiche! Lol I have a slice of quiche several days a week. I too like when the yolkas are not fully cooked sometimes too. I really dislike when they are overcooked.
January 22nd, 2009 - 9:24 am
Stacy,
A cross between tuna salad and egg salad? That sounds healthy AND delicious.
January 22nd, 2009 - 1:36 pm
I add bacon and avocados to my egg salads. It’s oh so fantastic that way.
January 22nd, 2009 - 1:39 pm
Foodrenegade,
bacon and avacados… 2 of my favorite things in the whole wide world! yum.
February 2nd, 2009 - 1:21 pm
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March 16th, 2009 - 7:06 am
Fennel is a delicious addition to egg salad. Its a strong flavor so you only need half a bulb or so. such a great combo.
March 16th, 2009 - 8:15 am
Julie,
That does sound good!