Lola’s Kitchen is a feature on Lola’s Reviews where I talk about all things related to food, cooking and baking. These posts can be recipe posts or more discussion type posts about food. I love cooking and spend some time in the kitchen almost every day, so I wanted to give it a place on my blog as well. The banner for this feature is designed by Michelle from Limabean Design.
In most cases I prefer scrambled eggs above cooked eggs, but I always have liked egg salad. I am pretty picky with what I like to eat on my bread, but egg salad always has been one of my favourites, so when I thought I deserved something extra I often bought some egg salad in the supermarkt. Then one day I decided to try and make it myself as storebrought egg salad is pretty pricey and my mom once gave me her recipe for egg salad. So I gave it it a try and since then I have been making it regulary. It’s easy to make, yummy and much better then storebrought egg salad. I can usually eat it 3 to 4 days on my bread.
This recipe is based on my mom’s egg salad recipe! Thanks mom!
Ingredients
- Eggs – 5
- Mayonaise – 2 teaspoons
- Yoghurt – 1 teaspoon
- Garlic – 2 cloves
- Salt
- Pepper
- Chive (optional)
This recipe makes enough egg salad for 3 or 4 slices of bread.
Method
- Cook the eggs for about 10 minutes. Then cool them with some cold water and wait for a few minutes.
- Remove the egg shells and slice the egg in small pieces.
- Slice and dice the garlic cloves into small pieces as well
- Throw the egg and garlic in a medium bowl and add the mayonaise and yoghurt. If it isn’t enough, you can double the amount, I usually do. As long as you keep the right proportions, you can add as much as necessary.
- Then add some salt and pepper and chives (optional).
You can keep this good into the fridge up to about 4 days.
Pictures
Boiling the eggs
Garlic
Sliced egg in small pieces
Adding a tablespoon of yoghurt
Adding the mayonaise
Egg salad!
Egg salad with pepper and salt
Yum, ready to eat my lunch!
I love egg salad and I’ve never made it. I should give your recipe a try b/c you’re right I should save the expense of store bought since I keep these ingredients on hand generally.
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I always just bought storebrought egg salad as well, as it’s just so easy and it tastes good as well. Until I gave this recipe a try and since then I’ve been making my own egg salad instead. And like you said these are all ingredients you normally have at home anyway, so every time I feel like eggs salad I can instantly make it. I hope you’ll give a it a try 🙂
I love egg salad because it’s yummy and so easy to make. I make it without yoghurt, and add some chives (bieslook). Seeing yours makes me hungry!
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You can also make it without yoghurt indeed, it probably tastes a little different. My mom always adds chives as well, but I don’t have chives at home often as I don’t use it in recipes often, so that’s why I don’t add it.
I’m allergic to eggs, but my mom would love this recipe. Thanks Lola:)
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Oh that must be difficult, I can’t imagine being allergic to eggs as I love to incorporate them in dinner or lunch. I hope your mom will like this recipe.
It totally sucks but I can’t really do milk either. lol. Im use to the challenge;) I’m sure she’ll love it!
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I drink milk every day and with my cocopops as breakfast, it would be hard to miss that, but I guess you’ll get used to it? I am sorry you have to miss out on the yumminess that’s egg and milk.
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It’s all good, really, haha. Their making a lot more milk substitutes, almond milk is gross, Id stay away from it if you havent tried it yet.
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Unfortunately I did try almond milk, ugh that stuff is horrible! I bought it for a recipe, tasted it and then decided to not use it after all. My sister drank it as she liked it.
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It’s a real hit or a miss with that stuff. Personally, I thought it tasted like dirty water but my siblings liked it too. lol
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It’s strange sometimes how one person hates something, while other people like it.
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I like making egg salad. It’s pretty easy. I haven’t tried adding yogurt yet to mine though, but it looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe, Lola.
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Indeed, it’s delicious and easy to make :). My mom’s recipe called for yoghurt and mayonaise, but I can also see how only mayonaise would work just as well.
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I love making egg salad. I do it a little different than you do. Instead of chopping my egg, I take a fork and mash it and add mayonnaise and salt.
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I have to try that once, mashing the egg sounds fun! I usually chop it in tiny pieces.
I love egg salad, too, Lola, and my recipe is very similar to yours, however, I use mayonnaise and sour cream, not yoghurt 🙂 Looks very yummy indeed, and even if it’s just after 1 am, I’m kind of hungry now 😉
Have a great weekend!
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I’ll have to try out sour cream next time, sounds like a good alternative for yoghurt! I always get hungry when talking about food, luckily it’s almost time for dinner.
I love egg salad! Have you ever had deviled eggs? You might like those too. I like to add a little sweet relish and mustard to my egg salad. Mmmm. Now I’m hungry!
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I think my boyfriend mother once made deviled eggs for us, but not 100% sure. I’l have to look up a recipe to try it out. I don’t really like mustard, except mustard soup, so I don’t think I’ll add that to my egg salad.
I’m not the biggest fan of the eggs, but I’ve shared some of the recipes you post with my brother who’s a fitness freak – he’s addicted to the recipes you share! Thank you for sharing.
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Oh that makes me happy to hear, I am glad your brother likes my recipes! I like eggs, but usually prefer them scrambled, this is one of the few ways I like my eggs cooked.
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I love eggs! And I often make egg salad but not with yogurt, I will try it your way next time. My favourite way to eat eggs though is just softly boiled with toast! Yum 🙂
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A few other people commented they make it without the yoghurt, so I am going to try that next! I usually prefer my eggs scrambled with some soy sauce and sambal through the mixture or with curry spices ketchup. Or as egg salad.
Oh that is very different. I’ve never heard of anyone putting yogurt in it. Most here are mayonnaise and mustard. I do NOT like mayo (it’s one of my freak me out foods lol) so my recipe for egg salad is just yellow mustard, salt/pepper and finely chopped up pickle. *noms* One of my favorite sandwiches too 🙂
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Maybe it’s a dutch thing? So far almost everyone who commented always makes this without the yoghurt, lol. I don’t like mustard or pickles, so I’ll skip those. I don’t really like mayo in anythign else, but I don’t mind it in egg salad.
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