RECIPE: Egg Salad For National Egg Salad Week

National Egg Salad Week is the first week in April, reason to explore what makes a really great egg salad. Hard-cooked eggs with mayo isn’t egg salad, but a recipe called Eggs Mayonnaise. It’s pretty dull. You can add celery and onions to make egg salad and call it quits at that—but you can do…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Put A Spin On Your Salad Or Sandwich

Give your regular egg salad, chicken salad or tuna salad an Asian spin. For each 1/4 cup mayonnaise, add 1/2 teaspoon curry powder and 2 tablespoons of chopped pistachios. Instead of lettuce on your sandwich, add baby arugula. And instead of white bread, go for whole grain bread: two slices equal 2/3 of your daily…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Spicing Up Store-Bought Cole Slaw & Other Salads

If you buy store-made salads—tuna, chicken, egg, potato and macaroni salad, cole slaw and others— there’s generally room for improvement. Add little bits of one or more accents, and you’ll have a vastly improved product. Select two or three seasonings to layer flavor. Examples: Cheese: blue cheese or feta crumbles or a garnish of shredded…
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