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Egg Salad

Servings

4

Serving size

1/2 cup
COOKING TIME
30 Minutes
CHILLING TIME
60 minutes

This recipe can easily be multiplied or divided by 2. Egg salad will keep well for 48 hours if kept refrigerated.

Egg Salad

Ingredients

3 quart Water
8 large Egg(s)
2 Large stalk Celery, raw (finely diced)
1/2 cup sliced or chips Sweet pickles (finely diced)
3 Tbsp. Reduced fat mayonnaise
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 to taste Black pepper

Instructions

Place 3 quarts water in a medium sized pot over high heat.

When the water is at a full boil place the eggs in the pot and cook at a full boil for 3 minutes.

Remove from the heat and let the eggs stand in the hot water for 12 minutes.

Remove the eggs from the water and place in cold water.

After about 2 minutes the eggs will be easy to peel.

Coarsely chop the cooked eggs.

Add them to a mixing bowl with the diced celery, diced pickle, mayonnaise, pepper and salt.

Fold together gently and chill at least one hour.

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GERD / Acid Reflux

This recipe contains GERD triggers and those with GERD may wish to avoid it.

Lactose

This recipe is safe for those who are lactose intolerant.

Coumadin® (Warfarin)

This recipe is safe for Coumadin (warfarin) users.

Gluten Sensitivity

This recipe is safe for those who are sensitive to gluten. Check for modified food starch in mayonnaise. Best Foods and Hellman's mayonnaises are gluten-free.

Sodium

This is a low sodium recipe.

Recipe Notes

Egg salad might be one of those dishes that nations go to war over. I can see a setting where two presidents are having a chat and one mentions that he prefers sweet pickle relish and the other says that she only uses dill pickles. Their respective ministers of war take up the discussion and the conversation gets heated and the next thing you know index fingers are hovering over red buttons ready to launch all out war.

"On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar."

Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Farmer