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Egg Salad Week
That's right, Egg Salad Week is April 17th-23rd (so I've been told). Wow...who knew!
Some of us are spring weather egg salad eaters (we only enjoy it around Easter, when hard boiled eggs abound) and some of use eat egg salad year round. I'm the former and I'm not sure why. I like egg salad but I guess it takes a little extra planning to boil those eggs.
There is a way to lighten egg salad in case you are interested. Do this and you cut the fat and cholesterol and saturated fat in more than HALF! You'll shave off over 100 calories (just on one serving of the egg salad). But it still tastes terrific. Here"s what the Recipe Doctor does:
I remove half of the yolks (there seems to still be plenty of yellow when you do this)
I use the higher omega-3 eggs
I use half light mayo and half fat free sour cream instead of real mayo
I add some crunch to the egg salad with finely chopped celery, red bell peppers and/or green onions
Enjoy your egg salad on something healthful like some whole wheat bread, or whole wheat crackers!
Now let's all start boiling some eggs - or raid the Easter baskets!
~~Elaine Magee
Related Topics: Eggs: Dietary Friend or Foe?, The Truth About Chocolate
Technorati Tags: eggsalad, eggs, hardboiledeggs, spring, sandwich, Easter
Some of us are spring weather egg salad eaters (we only enjoy it around Easter, when hard boiled eggs abound) and some of use eat egg salad year round. I'm the former and I'm not sure why. I like egg salad but I guess it takes a little extra planning to boil those eggs.
There is a way to lighten egg salad in case you are interested. Do this and you cut the fat and cholesterol and saturated fat in more than HALF! You'll shave off over 100 calories (just on one serving of the egg salad). But it still tastes terrific. Here"s what the Recipe Doctor does:
Now let's all start boiling some eggs - or raid the Easter baskets!
~~Elaine Magee
Related Topics: Eggs: Dietary Friend or Foe?, The Truth About Chocolate
Technorati Tags: eggsalad, eggs, hardboiledeggs, spring, sandwich, Easter
6 Comments:
i was so excited to hear this because i love egg salad sandwiches(especially after easter) and now i have a healthier way of eating one of my favorite things in the world!
Is there a site somewhere that will allow you to log in the amounts of food you put in a recipe & then give you the calories, fat, etc for each serving? If so, please help me find it. I cook healthy but sometimes I make some of this stuff up from no recipe so I don't know how to break it all down.
www.myfooddiary.com allows you to get lots of facts about foods by logging them in and I believe you can create your own recipes too.
Eggs .. ah! my soul respires. At four years of age, my mamma took me to Sicily to meet my fathers' family in the south and her family in the north of Sicily. My paternal grandmother would make sunnyside up eggs each morning accompanied by fresh Sicilian bread swimming in lots of olive oil, ingredients homemade. All my life I never felt uneasy about that dish. In the army I never went to breakfast stateside, unless they had sunny side up eggs. I'm now 82 years old and I feel great. I don't smoke or drink booze. Joe
Cottage cheese is also a good alternative to mayo if you put onions, chop lettuce, avocado, and tomato. Seanson it to taste, much healthier. Ditch the saturated fats that are awful for health!!
Great Idea! I love egg salad and now I can eat it and not feel so guilty after :)...I totally agree with Anna!
Thanks so much!
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