Texas Egg Salad

 



Texas Egg Salad with onions and pickled jalapenos.



Serves 4 (in most families)

Serves 3 (in our family)

Difficulty – Yep, old Beauregard (Boo for short) makes this un for us all the time!

Prep – Takes him ‘bout 10 Minutes

Cook Time – ABC (Already Been Cooked)

8 Leftover Easter Eggs

1/3 – 1/2c Hellman’s Mayo or Duke’s Mayo or preferably HM (homemade)!

1 Large Pinch Dry Mustard Powder (Coleman’s is fine)

1 Tablespoon French’s Yellow Mustard

1 Tbsp Sweet Yellow Onion, chopped finely

1-2 Tbsp Pickled Jalapenos, drained and chopped finely (Depends on how hot ya like it!)

Kosher Salt

Black Pepper

Carefully peel eggs to remove all shells. Rinse egg in cold water to be sure all shell is removed. Dry eggs.

Roughly chop the eggs with a knife, then use a pastry cutter to mince the eggs up, finely.

Stir in mayo, spices, onions and jalapenos. This is better when it’s allowed to sit for a couple of hours.

Scoop a huge dollop out of the bowl and place it on top of a square of focaccia bread. Don’t forget to split the bread and turn the split slices inside out. That way it looks and eats like an old fashioned egg salad sandwich!

SusieT’s Notes:

Hey if you are afraid of a little mayo, I sometimes split the mayo between plain, whole milk yogurt and mayonnaise. It will reduce your polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs). Few will know you’ve 21st Centuried the family egg salad recipe!

We love this as either a sandwich fillin’ or to use as a dip for anything from carrots and celery to sliced jicama. We also love it with HM (Homemade) Low Carb Crackers. Also, pan grilling the sliced focaccia bread with a little olive oil and topping with the egg salad is TDF! (To Die For!)

Caviar on Toast Points and Low Carb Crackers

Cheap black lumpfish caviar transformed into GREATness!

Serves 4 (in most families)

Serves2 (in our family)

Difficulty – We don’t trust old Boo with the fish eggs. It makes him a little crazy with excitement. But if you ask him, Old Boo will still claim it's pretty easy!

Prep – Bout 10 Minutes

Cook Time – ABC (Already Been Cooked)

2 Leftover Easter Eggs, peeled, finely chopped

1/3 Purple Onion, finely chopped

1/4c Capers, drained

1/2c Sour Cream

2oz Leftover Jar Black Lumpfish Caviar, Romanoff Brand

LC Crackers (recipe to come)

RR Focaccia split and toasted in a pan with a little Olive Oil

This isn’t so much a recipe as it is instructions for assembly. You make a tray with these ingredients and let everyone serve themselves.

Rinse caviar as described in the Gentrified Deviled Egg recipe and let it drain well on paper towels until you’ve finished the other prep. Place caviar in pretty bowl.

Finely chop onion, and place in a decorative bowl. Peel, wash, dry and finely chop leftover Easter Eggs and give them a fancy bowl too. Drain the capers and place them in a swanky bowl as well. Scoop out sour cream into its own swanky bowl and you will have a tray holding 5 swanked-out bowls (caviar, sour cream, egg, purple onion, capers) of "parts."

Serve parts with LC crackers or make this pretty Focaccia toast points and let everyone assemble their own canape.

It's easy to assemble! Smear cracker or toast point with sour cream. Layer with some chopped egg, onion, capers and a dollop of caviar. Eat it up yum!

Focaccia Toast Points

1 9x9 Pan Focaccia (LC)

Olive Oil

1 Clove Garlic

Cut Focaccia into quarters. Cut each quarter in half horizontally into 2 sandwich slices. Cut each sandwich slice in half diagonally. Cut each triangle in half down the center to make 2 right angle triangles. So in other words, from one slice of Focaccia, you get 4 toast points. Careful with the cutting, make them look pretty!

Peel and smash 1 clove garlic with the flat of your chef knife.  Place in large non-stick skillet with about 1-2 Tbsp Olive Oil. Over med high heat, gently fry Focaccia in the garlic infused oil until each point is brown and crisp. Fry them on both sides. Pretend you are making unstuffed grilled cheese.

Remove from pan and place on paper towels to blot off some of the olive oil. Let toast points cool, then use to serve with caviar and salmon dips.

SusieT’s Notes:

Well, I swanny! This is another recipe sure to fool your best friend! Your fellow DFSW will think you’ve won the lottery instead of spending $6-7 bucks on a jar of cheapo caviar. This caviar recipe is a great way to use up more leftover Easter Eggs along with the leftover caviar you have in the ice box from the Gentrified Deviled Egg recipe.

It’s a family favorite and we have our little ones, “the bitsies,” request it at every family gathering. Imagine!

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Gentrified Deviled Eggs



SusieT's Gentrified Deviled Eggs with capers and caviar.



Serves 6 (in most families)

Serves 2 (in our family)

Difficulty – Our dog Beauregard (but you can call him Boo), can almost make this one!

Prep – Maybe about 15 minutes if he's feelin' lazy

Cook Time – ABC (Already Been Cooked)

1 Doz Leftover Easter Eggs

1/3 – 1/2c Hellman’s Mayo or Duke’s Mayo or preferably HM (homemade)!

1 Large Pinch Dry Mustard Powder (Coleman’s is fine)

1 Tbsp Chives or Green Onions, chopped finely

1 Tbsp Capers, drained

2oz Jar Black Lumpfish Caviar, Romanoff brand

Kosher Salt

White Pepper

Carefully peel eggs to remove all shells. Rinse egg in cold water to be sure all shell is removed. Dry eggs.

Split down the center lengthwise and pop egg yolk into separate bowl. Don’t break the whites! Repeat until all eggs have been split.

Gently spoon caviar into a small fine strainer and submerge caviar into a bowl of cold, filtered water. Submerge the strainer into the cold water bath 3-4 times until the black ink coming from the strainer disappears. Place strainer onto a bed of paper towels and let caviar drain while completing the other prep steps. (This simple step of washing the caviar without breaking the eggs elevates the taste of this roe from semi-nauseating to delicious. People won’t know it’s the cheap stuff!!!)

Strain and finely chop capers and finely chop chives or green onion.

Mash yolks with the tines of a fork or with a pastry cutter until finely minced. Stir in mayo, spices, capers and chives. Season with salt and pepper to taste - remember caviar is salty.

Spoon or pipe into the wells of the egg whites. Top with a dollop of caviar and serve chilled. See DFSW note about piping in Mama's Deviled Eggs recipe!

SusieT’s Notes:

Hey if you are afraid of a little mayo, I sometimes split the mayo between plain, whole milk yogurt and mayonnaise. It will reduce your polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs). Few will know you’ve 21^st Centuried the family deviled egg recipe!

You can make the eggs up to the point of topping with caviar. You can wash and drain the caviar up to an hour or two before service, but don’t top the eggs with the caviar until you are ready to serve them. You don’t want the caviar to bleed into the egg yolk color.

These are an awesome brunch or appetizer recipe. Makes a fun Tapas dish! People are always blown away and little do they know how cheap it is to make. (Oh and most importantly, only strain the amount of caviar you are gonna use for that sitting. Put the cap back on the jar and put the caviar back into the ice box until you use it. It’s great leftover on scrambled eggs or served with purple onion, capers, chopped eggs, and low carb crackers or low carb pita chips.

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Mama's Deviled Eggs

(How can you be from the South and not love these?)

Mama's Deviled Eggs sprinkled with Paprika

Serves 6 (in most families)

Serves 2 (in our family)

Difficulty – Our dog, Beauregard (but you can call him Boo), can make this one!

Prep – How quick can you peel 12 eggs?

Cook Time – ABC (Already Been Cooked)

1 Doz Leftover Easter Eggs

1/3 – 1/2c Hellman’s Mayo or Duke’s Mayo or preferably HM (homemade)!

1 Large Pinch Dry Mustard Powder (Coleman’s is fine)

1 tsp French’s Yellow Mustard (rounded)

Kosher Salt

White Pepper

Cayenne or Paprika

Carefully peel eggs to remove all shells. Rinse egg in cold water to be sure all shell is removed. Dry eggs.

Split down the center lengthwise and pop egg yolk into separate bowl. Don’t break the whites! Repeat until all eggs have been split.

Mash yolks with the tines of a fork or with a pastry cutter until finely minced. Stir in all other ingredients and mix well. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust seasoning.

Spoon or pipe into the wells of the egg whites. Yes, it's a little known fact that membership into the DFSWs is predicated on your ability to use a star tip and a piping bag to place the deviled yolk mixture cleanly and neatly into an egg white - so we can make Mama proud! Sprinkle deviled yolk mounds with cayenne or paprika for color and serve. (Try to leave the whites without any sprinkles!)

SusieT’s Notes:

Hey if you are afraid of a little mayo overload, I sometimes split the mayo between plain, whole milk yogurt and mayonnaise. It will reduce your polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs). Few will know you’ve 21^st Centuried the family deviled egg recipe!


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