Salmon and Egg Salads

This week may seem a bit mayo heavy but hear me out. I’d never seen a way to make egg salad that saved the somewhat annoying peeling step until a blog a few weeks ago. I finally tried this oven baking shortcut and loved the convenience it adds. Egg salad is a great protein lunch variety that you can make ahead of time. Here, I think Grillo’s pickles truly make the flavor. Try them if you never have! Alternatively, salmon is one of those foods that I’m always trying to eat and cook more of and salmon salad is another option for variety. For canned salmon you want wild caught to ensure no antibiotic residue which you can get with farm raised. Remember: overexposure to antibiotics is one of the good gut-health busting factors of our modern western world. Despite all of the good antibiotics do offer they also take a toll on our gut.

No Peel Egg Salad

Ingredients: Adapted recipe from @kalejunkie

• 8 eggs

• optional add in’s:1/4 cup red onion, 1/4 cup parsley/chives or 1 TBSP dried versions. I also like adding 1 TBSP of dill weed.

• 4-6 large pickles diced

• 1/2 -1 cup mayonnaise (to taste)

• 1 Tbsp dijon mustard

• salt and pepper

Assembly:

Crack eggs in a greased bread or loaf pan. Place pan in larger oven safe dish and fill outer dish with water (up to level of or at eggs.) Bake at 350 for 30 -35 minutes. Once cooled, flip pan over, chop the eggs.

Salmon Salad

I love a piece of salmon as well as salmon cakes (oooh I have a great recipe for those, too) but salmon salad is another option that gives you all those health benefits. Make a sandwich or salad in the same way you would with tuna.

Ingredients:

• 2-3 cans of wild caught salmon, boneless skinless (don’t make that mistake!), ideally in water, not oil

• optional add in’s (red onion, diced pickles, squirt of lemon juice)

• 3/4 -1 cup mayonnaise to taste

• 1 Tbsp dijon mustard

• 1 Tbsp old bay seasoning (I like this twist)

Assembly:

Mix salmon and all ingredients in a bowl and serve on bread as a sandwich or on greens. Super healthy, lots of protein, omega-3 good fats and sustaining!