by Texas Homesteader~ 

Egg salad is a quick & delicious way to use fresh eggs. After the eggs are boiled & peeled, egg salad spread comes together in minutes. I even have a secret tip for eliminating the need to peel the eggs!

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Fresh Eggs From Backyard Hens

When our chickens were about 21 weeks old they began laying eggs. I was so excited! Especially since I read how much healthier free-range chicken’s eggs are compared to store-bought eggs!

We have a very small flock but still – that’s a lot of fresh eggs for one family to consume. I incorporate different ways to preserve the eggs for those leaner egg-laying times. 

There’s batch-making & freezing breakfast burritos and I’ve shared instructions for how I easily Freeze Raw Eggs for later.

But today I wanted to use several of those fresh eggs to make fresh egg salad sandwich spread for RancherMan.

Simple Egg Salad Ingredients

Egg salad is easy to make with a few simple pantry ingredients:

Boiled Eggs – peeled & chopped

A Small Onion – chopped finely

Dill Pickles – It’s easy to make your own Dill Pickles with garden cucumbers

Sweet Pickle Relish – I often use Pear Relish for the perfect blend

Mayonnaise – I make my own Bacon-Flavored Mayonnaise in minutes!

Mustard – Not needed if I’m using pear relish.

How To Boil Eggs For Egg Salad

If I’m cooking the eggs on the stovetop, I boil the eggs the night before & store the boiled eggs in the fridge.

Sometimes instead of stovetop cooking I’ll often cook those eggs in my solar oven during those hot summer months.

The next day I peeled the cold eggs & gave them a good rinse.

Boiling & peeling very fresh eggs can be a challenge. But this time all of these eggs came out in one piece.

UPDATE: I can skip the entire boiled-egg-peeling step when I boil eggs – WITHOUT the shell in my Instant Pot!

This is now my favorite way to cook up a bunch of eggs to use in my homemade egg salad.

Chopping All Ingredients In MINUTES!

I received a *Vidalia Chop Wizard as a gift a while back. I always pull it out when I’m making egg salad. DANG that thing makes for short work!

It dices all the ingredients the same size. I used that handy chopper to chop the eggs, a small onion and a couple of dill pickles that I’d canned earlier this year.

And I stirred in a couple of tablespoons of my Pear Relish  that I’d canned last year for a little sweet & savory mix.

Then I added some of my own homemade mayonnaise (not garlic-flavored this time), along with a squirt of mustard and a sprinkle of black pepper & paprika for a little added zip.

I mix it all gently and BOOM! Egg salad!

I used to try to do all of this with a cutting board & knife but now with my *Chop Wizard (and of course after the eggs are boiled, cooled & peeled) I can whip up egg salad in about 3 minutes! 

It’s not that I don’t just loooove hanging out in the kitchen slaving away. If you can get it done in a fraction of the time, #whythehecknot??!

Serving Homemade Egg Salad

Sometimes I enjoy egg salad simply in a lettuce leaf bowl. Simple, cooling, delicious.

But I usually have a loaf of Skillet Bread  or RancherMan’s favorite Honey/Oat Sandwich Bread fresh and ready to be used.

So he can slather the egg salad on a couple of slices of homemade bread & enjoy a hearty homemade lunch!

The final word from RancherMan is that this egg salad is DELICIOUS.

I love that so much of this homemade sandwich spread was produced right here on our Homestead & that it was so quick & easy to make.

And this is a much less expensive sandwich option than lunch meat or peanut butter, two common sandwich options here at our Homestead.

How do you use your chicken’s eggs?

~TxH~

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• Health Benefits Of Free-Range Eggs
• Using Fresh Eggs: Freezer Breakfast Burritos
• Freezing Raw Eggs
• ‘Hard-Boiled’ Eggs Cooked In A Solar Oven w/No Water!
• Easier Peeling For Very Fresh Boiled Eggs
• *Vidalia Chop Wizard Quick Chopper
• Quicker Homemade Dill Pickles
• Sweet & Savory Pear Relish
• Easy Homemade Mayonnaise
• No-Knead Skillet Bread Loaf Recipe
• Instant Pot Boiled Eggs WITHOUT The Shells

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• Baconnaise – Bacon-Flavored Mayonnaise
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• Honey-Sweetened, Smoky BBQ Sauce
• BBQ Rub & Beer-Based Mop Sauce Recipe
• Thousand Island Salad Dressing
• 1-Minute Creamy Salad Dressing Filled With Probiotics
• Sweet/Savory Pear Relish
• Fresh Pico de Gallo
• Homemade Cottage Cheese
• Fresh Herb & Olive Oil HERB BOMBS
• Quick Garlic/Herb Sauce Using Fresh Herbs
• Oats Can Substitute Easily For Bread Crumbs
• MYO Pinto Bean Seasoning Mix
• Instant Pot Boiled Eggs WITHOUT The Shells
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• How to Make Self-Rising Flour Using All-Purpose

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