Recipes to Use Your Leftover Easter Eggs
Are you making Easter eggs this year?
Don’t let them go to waste. Try these fun and unique egg salad recipes for a week’s worth of yummy lunches.
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Ingredients
- 1 medium avocado, pitted
- 2 Tbsp. plain Greek yogurt
- 1 1/2 tsp. fresh lime juice
- 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
- 1 medium celery stalk, finely chopped (about 3 Tbsp.)
- 1 Tbsp. finely chopped chives, parsley and/or dill (totaling 1 Tbsp.), or you can do 1 tsp. of each to equal 1 Tbsp.
- Salt and pepper to taste
Avocado Egg Salad
Instructions
1. Mash avocado, Greek yogurt and lime juice together in a medium bowl.
2. Stir in eggs, celery and spices.
3. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy on toast, a bed of greens or alone!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise or Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 4 tsp. prepared pesto
- 4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Pesto Egg Salad
Instructions
1. Stir mayo, red onion and pesto together thoroughly.
2. Stir in the eggs, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Serve on toast with spinach and a slice of tomato. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 jalapeno, de-seeded and finely diced
- 1 green onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp. cilantro, finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp. cumin
- 1 Tbsp. low-fat mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp. yellow mustard
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Tex-Mex Egg Salad
Instructions
1. Stir all ingredients except for eggs in bowl. You can decrease the amount of jalapeno used, based on the level of heat you would like.
2. Stir in eggs. Salt and pepper to taste.
3. Serve as a dip with tortilla chips, in a pita or alone. Enjoy!
I made this recipe last evening. My girlfriend and I adored it! The flavors were fantastic. I can make this once more for yes! Thank you