The quickest and simplest appetizer I’ve ever made is a cheese ball with Hidden Valley Ranch. It comes together quickly and can be served practically immediately. The components can be kept on hand for several months. With buttered crackers, if desired.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 3 |
| Yield: | 1 1/2 cups |
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons plain nonfat yogurt
- 2 tablespoons light mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ cup diced celery
- 1 green onion, chopped
Instructions
- Place eggs in saucepan and fill with cold water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Cover, remove from heat and let stand for 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and run under cold water until chilled. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to 7 days.
- Place peeled, hard cooked eggs in a bowl and using a fork or potato masher, mash eggs until finely chopped.
- Stir in yogurt, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper until smooth. Add celery and green onion (if using) and stir to combine.
- Spread over your favourite bread, stuff into pita halves or scoop some onto your favourite salad greens.
- Salmon Dill: Omit green onion. Add 1/4 cup smoked salmon (finely chopped), 1 tablespoon fresh dill (chopped) and 2 teaspoons capers (chopped).
- Pickle Bacon: Omit celery. Add 1 small dill pickle (diced), 2 strips of bacon (cooked and chopped) and 1 teaspoon horseradish (or more if desired).
- Chili Avocado: Omit celery and green onion. Add half of an avocado (diced), 1 tablespoon red onion (minced) and 1/2 teaspoon chili powder.
- Rethink your traditional egg salad sandwich and use the above recipes as dips with crackers or sliced pita bread!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 123 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 247 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 544 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Egg salad turned out to be the consistency of sauce. Taste was okay but will not make it again.
Excellent as is! Today, I added in Dijon mustard and kosher dill pickles to mine…
Great but I will use less salt next time
Delicious! I had to adjust the measurements a little for a single serving, but it wasn’t by much. I also added a pinch of paprika for some extra flair. It’s amazing on toasted sourdough!
I love it like someone else said before this does taste better than regular egg salad
Very good and easy! Only took a few minutes. It says 2 hours but thats to chill in fridge which you don’t have to do. I only had vanilla nonfat yogurt on hand and I worried it would taste weird with the vanilla…but it was really good!!! I followed it perfectly without using celery or onions. Next time I would add ripe avocado though , i think that would make it even better!
Go easy on the pepper!
potatoe masher works well. I use my egg slicer and slice it normally then turn it around so it cuts vertically. does a nice even chop. I also add real bacon bits to mine and lots of pepper. doesn’t really need salt b/c of mayo.
Simple and delicious! I added a dash of paprika as well. A quick and easy lunch.
Very good … did not have yogurt so went full mayo and added some creamed horseradish. Very good especially before you tuck the leftovers in the fridge.
So much flavor and great texture! About to make it to pack for lunch for the third week! I’ve been eating it in pita bread.
Great as is. Added some black pepper and Chipotle pepper sauce.
Loved it! A nice break from my usual egg and Miracle Whip. Consistency was perfect, not runny at all. Followed the recipe to the letter and ate it on whole wheat bread for a light dinner. I’ll definitely make it again!
Tho it was tasty, it came out a bit runny. I used whole milk yogurt and regular mayo as well as chives. I think I shall add an extra egg or two for next time.
This was just perfect. I was busy around the house, and I needed something quick to whip up for dinner. I followed recipe to a T, and we couldn’t be happier. I am wondering what it would taste like if I put all yogurt next time. We did think a little bit of dill would be fun, but not necessary. I will be making this one again, and play around with adding yogurt in place of mayo.
This was just perfect. I was busy around the house, and I needed something quick to whip up for dinner. I followed recipe to a T, and we couldn’t be happier. I am wondering what it would taste like if I put all yogurt next time. We did think a little bit of dill would be fun, but not necessary. I will be making this one again, and play around with adding yogurt in place of mayo.
I doubled the recipe and added 1 tsp. of onion powder and 1 packet of artificial sweeteners. Delish!
Such an easy yet scrumptious recipe!
Such an easy yet scrumptious recipe!
Awesome. Go easy on the salt.
I made the Chili Avocado variation. I used Greek yogurt and added some cayenne pepper to give it more spice. It was good as a dip with Triscuits.