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Chopped Egg, Avocado & Tenderstem Broccoli Salad

I don't eat eggs very often. I mostly make omelette's for my son with them. 

Well when I say I make omelettes for him, I should actually say the boy makes his own omelettes. I only flip them for him. 

That boy makes a mean cheese omelette. Really fluffy and soft with oozing cheese.

I'm now having eggs delivered every week with my veg box, but there's only so many omelettes and cakes we can make in a week.

After staring at my tower of eggs for a few minutes I suddenly had a craving for a chopped egg salad.

I had a look in the fridge to see if I had anything that would work well with eggs. I decided to use tenderstem broccoli, avocado, salad leaves and avocado.

Perfect! A winning combination.

 

Now for my dirty little secret!

I had a think about different dressings, but I didn't want a vinegar and oil based dressing. It needed something creamier. An avocado dressing would have been good, but once I had decided what I wanted nothing else would do.

Salad Cream

Yup that old fashioned British condiment, a bit like mayonnaise, but more tangy.

Oh my goodness it was good. My mouth is watering just talking about it. Of course you can use whatever dressing you want, but salad cream rocks this salad. I think it may be having a revival as a sauce too, as I noticed it in an M&S egg salad bowl.

MORE EGG RECIPES TO TRY

1. Baby Egg Pies
2. Vegetable Frittata with Avocado
3. Braised Eggs with Tomato
4. Baked Eggs with Avocado
5. Easy Cheesy Devilled Eggs
6. Baked Eggs and Rice Pots
7. Two Minute Power Blender Hollandaise
8. Feta, Peppadew & Thyme Quiche
9. Poached Eggs, Mushrooms & Spinach
10. Spicy Tiffin Eggs
11. Jamie Oliver's Popped Beans with Eggs & Cherry Tomatoes
12. Tomato and Broccoli Quiche

also try - Vegetarian Scotch Eggs

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Chopped Egg, Avocado and Tenderstem Salad

Written by Jacqueline Meldrum

September 13, 2015

A luxurious green salad topped with chopped egg. For maximum comfort serve with Heinz Salad Cream. I made a substantial salad with two boiled eggs, for a lighter salad just add one.

Ingredients

• 60g mixed salad leaves
• 5 stalks tenderstem broccoli
• 5 slices cucumber
• ½ avocado, sliced
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• a good grinding of black pepper
• a generous drizzle Heinz Salad Cream

Instructions

1. Boil or steam the tenderstem until tender.2. Place the eggs in cold water as soon as they are boiled. Once cool, remove the shell and chop the egg.3. Layer up your salad. First salad leaves, then avocado and cucumber. Next add the tenderstem and egg. Season with some black pepper.4. Finish with a drizzle of salad cream and tuck in. 5. Enjoy!

Details

Total time: 15 mins
Yield: Serves 1