It's the week after Easter and now I'm stuck with a whole bunch of dyed Easter eggs. So, I figured I'd make a two minute Easter egg salad for lunch. It's so easy and it just takes a few ingredients to make it feel like I'm getting treated to a cafe style salad at home.
I took a lot of help from Trader Joe's to help make this salad come together in literally two minutes. I used less than half a bag of Trader Joe's Herb Salad Mix, a handful of Trader Joe's Sugar Snap Peas, a handful of Trader Joe's shredded carrots and a sprinkling of Trader Joe's Dry Roasted Chopped Almonds--I needed more crunchy yumminess! Plus, if I'm going to eat a salad, I want it to be hearty and filling...I don't want to eat a salad and be hungry in 10 minutes! (Bonus: Already that's about three servings of vegetables and I didn't have a chop a single thing!) At the end, I added a sliced hard boiled Easter egg, salt and plenty of pepper. (I think peeling the egg for the salad took the longest).
My secret ultimate short cut to an awesome salad in minutes? Japanese Miso Dressing! It's so good and it adds a ton of flavor!
What I love about the Trader Joe's Herb Salad Mix is that, just as the title suggests, there are already chopped herbs, like cilantro (my fav) inside, and that is what makes it feel like a cafe style salad! The good thing about this salad is that you can add anything you want. If I had mandarin oranges, I'd add some to the salad or if I wanted a light onion kick, I'd add some sliced green onions (but that requires chopping and I wanted a salad in two minutes, so I left them out of this lunch date).
Enjoy! (I know I did!)
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that looks yummy! you've inspired me to raid the fridge and make a quick cafe-style salad for lunch!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite salad dressings. Aidan will eat far more veggies if he has this dressing to dip his carrot sticks and cucumber slices. What a yummy way to eat your leftover Easter eggs!
ReplyDeleteYuko: I'm so glad I actually inspired YOU! That's a real compliment!! Made me smile! I could just picture you rummaging through the fridge and fixing a masterpiece lunch! Whenever I use this fancy salad mix, I think of you because I think you introduced it to me! (Before, I was just a plain romaine girl with the occasional iceberg lettuce visits, but now I know that salad can be a whole lot more!)
ReplyDeleteAmy: That's amazing that Aidan eats cucumber and carrot sticks!!! Amen, let him dip away in this yummy dressing! Good for him, he's so sophisticated! (Not that I ever get sick of egg salad sandwiches, cuz I love them, but I thought I should mix it up a bit and figure out other ways to eat my eggs up!)