Description
Creamy cottage cheese egg salad bursting with flavor from fresh ingredients – a delightful twist on a classic dish.
Ingredients
For the Egg Salad:
- 8 large eggs
- 3/4 cup cottage cheese
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 2–3 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- 1.5 tbsp fresh chives, chopped
- 1–2 tbsp red onion, finely diced
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 1/4 tsp black pepper (or to taste)
Instructions
- Prepare Hard Boiled Eggs: Place eggs in a pan with cold water, bring to a boil, cover, and cook for 11-12 minutes. Transfer to an ice bath, then peel and dice.
- Blend Cottage Cheese: Blend cottage cheese until smooth.
- Mix Ingredients: Combine blended cottage cheese with dijon mustard, dill, chives, red onion, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
- Combine Egg and Cheese Mix: Mix chopped eggs with the cottage cheese mixture.
- Serve: Enjoy with bread, crackers, or lettuce wraps!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Blending, Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 415mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 18g
- Cholesterol: 374mg
