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Easy Egg Salad

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It’s that time of year when many families with children find that their baskets and refrigerators runneth over with hard-boiled eggs. What to do with them all?! My favorite solution to the problem has always been deviled eggs, but today I am going to share with you my second favorite:  Egg Salad Sandwiches.

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I love egg salad and as far as I’m concerned, the simpler the recipe, the better. Some things in life are not meant to be fooled around with and I believe that egg salad is one of those things. So, you will find nothing fancy in my egg salad and I’m pretty sure you’ll like it that way too. I learned to make it this way from my mother-in-law Sharon, who makes the most amazing egg salad but curiously, won’t eat it herself.

This recipe uses mustard powder rather than prepared mustard, and if you use enough, the salad will have a little bite. Feel free to add more mustard powder than the recipe says if you, like me, enjoy just a bit of that hot mustard burn. If not, just follow the recipe instructions, and you’ll have a nice, mild, creamy, eggy experience. Also, try using a pastry blender to chop your eggs – you won’t believe you actually used to chop them all by hand!

Update: To learn how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs, head over to Kalyn’s Kitchen for instructions and more hard-boiled egg recipes!

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Easy Egg Salad

4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
1/4 – 1/2 C. mayonnaise
1 – 2 t. Coleman’s mustard powder
salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

1. Place whole eggs in a bowl and, using a pastry blender, mash eggs until they are finely chopped.
2. Add 1/4 C. mayo and 1 t. mustard powder then stir to blend. Taste and then adjust amounts of mayo and mustard powder to suit your own taste.
3. Season well with salt and pepper.
4. Serve on your choice of bread.

Yield: enough for two sandwiches

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  3. Nicole says

    Christine: I know, I had always chopped the eggs by hand until I saw my mother-in-law do it this way. It works great! Thanks for stopping by! Kalyn: Pickles in egg salad? Ewwwwww ;-)
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  6. Nicole says

    Ciao Padmaja: Thanks! I'll get back to you soon about the coffee. Brocha: Thanks for stopping by! Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of raw onion but I'm sure some of my readers will appreciate the idea! :-)
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  7. Emon says

    Mm mm...the sandwich with coffee would make the perfect morning. Mustard burn would actually make the coffee taste even better. Call me 'weird' but...'daddy' would suffice. :)
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  8. Kat says

    That is exactly how I make my egg salad! It's wonderful and I always wonder why I don't make it more often. (I also say that about corned beef.) Oh wait, yes I do...gas. Beano!
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  9. Lydia says

    Nothing beats really great egg salad. I'm partial to Miracle Whip instead of mayo, but really anything will do. No pickles, no onion, and yes to mustard!
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  11. amanda says

    heheh this is just perfect for today. :-) this year we were traveling over the easter holiday weekend so we didn't get to dye any eggs but normally i do just because it's fun! i know i'm an adult but hey! who doesn't love brightly colored eggs. i've never tried using mustard powder in egg salad but i bet it works fantastically. happy easter nicole! hope you're having a great weekend!
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  13. Nicole says

    Emon: Hmmmm...I don't know about the egg salad and coffee thing. I prefer sweet things with coffee or nothing at all. I've actually never eaten this for breakfast and I'm not sure why. I think I'll try it for breakfast next time. Kat: So, does Beano actually work? I have a friend who swears by it but have never tried it myself! I don't make egg salad that often either but it's always been one of my faves! Lydia: I'm not a big fan of replacing regular mayo with miracle whip in egg dishes but I do love miracle whip on fresh tomatoes! I don't know what it is about the combination but it's so good! Indiea: You know it's strange but I've never eaten egg salad on toast. Now I'm wishing I had some in the fridge so I could try it...sounds like a good breakfast! Amanda: I love to dye eggs too but it's been a few years! Eliza: Yes, it is heaven :-) Thanks for stopping by!
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  14. Dustin says

    I love egg salad, plain, no veggies...I don't know how many times I have taken a big bite of a soggy egg salad sandwich only to discover some kind of alien crunch, and either violently expelled it from my mouth, or slowly opened up with a "blahh" look on my face, and craddling the filth on my tongue, let it fall into a napkin or back into the cursed ziplock bag from which it came! Anyways, good stuff, I'll try mustard powder.
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  15. Clare says

    The egg salad looks divine. At first I thought it was a pile of rich, buttery scrambled eggs; I've never seen egg salad look so absolutely appealing. I will be trying this very soon!
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  16. Vicki says

    My daughter started using the big holes on a cheese grater for "chopping" the eggs. Works great until you get to the end of the egg - watch your fingers!
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  18. Joey says

    Pretty near perfect egg salad. Here's one teensy improvement: make the salad and eat it while the eggs are still warm. Of course, you can't do that with left-over Easter eggs, but it's the best. Especially with really fresh homemade or artisan bread. I first had this salad back in the 70s with fresh Portuguese rolls. I still remember the occasion.
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  19. Ruby says

    Sounds yummy! I personally leave the mustard out, I like it super plain with mayo, salt and pepper! And I have to have white bread, so yummy with good old fashioned white bread, no funky breads! My friend adds tuna to her egg salad, thats a big old YUCK if you ask me, but she swears by it. Thanks Nicole!
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  20. Mary says

    I was too busy with other things to dye eggs this year, now I'm regretting it. I LOVE egg salad. I love them any way but with pickles. Mustard powder rules.
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