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Tuna Egg Salad

2/28/2017

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I love tuna salad. I love egg salad. Rather than choose between them, put them together, and you've got a marriage made in tastebud heaven. The ingredient that holds it together is the sweet pickles. I first made it with sweet and spicy pickles, and have since used a combination of bread and butter pickles (sweet) and spicy dill pickles. I am not exacting with amounts, since different palates prefer didn't pungencies - I will say that I like strong flavors, which means lots of pickles and onions :) 

Tuna Egg Salad

1 can of albacore tuna, flaked
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
chopped pickles (sweet & spicy), to taste (I use about 3-4 tablespoons)
onion, finely chopped, to taste (I use about 1-2 tablespoons)
mayonnaise, to taste (I use about 2-3 tablespoons)
dried dill weed (optional)
black pepper (optional)

Mix it all up, folding in the chopped eggs last.

Serve as is, in a sandwich, or my favorite way (as pictured) - on crackers...specifically Trader Joe's whole grain seed crackers and Ak-Maks (also whole grain, also sold at TJ's).

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Deconstructed Cobb Salad

2/16/2017

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Deconstructed Cobb Salad was tonight's no cook dinner. Okay, I fried the bacon, but I used pre-roasted turkey breast (from Costco) and I made a batch of hard boiled eggs earlier. Everyone took a base of lettuce and added the toppings (or sides) they wanted. #corn #avocado #olives #blackolives #mushrooms #beets #redonion #bluecheese #bacon #turkey #boiledegg #ranchdressing #romaine #lettuce #salad #cobbsalad #saladbar #saladfordinner #familydinner #nocook #colorfulfood #redplate

A post shared by Marla Swoffer (@marlainmarin) on Feb 16, 2017 at 9:20pm PST

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Hard Boiled Eggs

11/18/2016

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Easy Fried Rice

7/1/2016

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My kids' favorite lunch - fried rice - sauté celery and meat (ham, spam, or bacon) in avocado oil on medium high in a nonstick pan. Stir in cold, cooked rice, sesame oil, tamari, oyster sauce. Stir constantly. Add green onions and scrambled eggs. Optional: add carrots with celery or instead of, add frozen peas. #friedrice #leftovers #chinesecooking #homemade #quickmeals #healthycooking #easycooking #recipe #lunch #dinner #kidfood #instarecipe

A photo posted by Marla Swoffer (@marlaswoffer) on Jun 29, 2016 at 8:25pm PDT

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Grain Free Pancakes / Cottage Cheese Latkes

8/22/2015

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I'm not much of a breakfast person, unless it's savory (eggs, bacon, etc.), but as a child, one of my favorite treats was going to my grandparents' house and having my Jewish grandpa make his famous cottage cheese pancakes. I still remember the ritual of my grandma getting out my vinyl Mickey Mouse bib, him mixing jam with sour cream (topping), and setting a plate of heaven in front of me. I've recreated his recipe many times over, but recently having discovered the goodness of gluten-free flour as well as my new favorite tool - the Ninja (blender) - I've been experimenting again. The other day I came up with what I think (and the rest of the family agrees) is the best recipe yet, so enjoy...

Ingredients:
2 cups cottage cheese (small curd, 4%)
1/2 cup gluten-free flour (tapioca, potato, rice blend)
1/2 cup almond meal (from Trader Joe's)
2 eggs
2 bananas
1 T baking powder 
vanilla extract, to taste
coconut oil (for frying)

Directions:
1.  Put all ingredients in your blender and whizz. Adjust amounts of flour (they're approximate) to get a thick, moist, pourable consistency. 
2.  Cook by the heaping tablespoon over medium heat with a tablespoon of oil per batch (I used a non-stick pan, so I reduced the oil and the heat with each batch). 
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Egg Tomato Toast 

5/23/2012

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In the summer, one of my favorite ways to have tomatoes is Pan Am Tomaquet - much simpler than the name sounds, but just as grand tasting.  This morning I decided to try a twist on the original. I added a fried egg and slices of tomato.  It was delicious.

Egg Tomato Toast
1 egg
1 tomato
1 garlic clove
1 slice of sourdough bread or French baguette
olive oil
salt 

1. While the bread is toasting, fry an egg (I like mine with the yolk poked - gooey but not runny). 
2. When the toast is done, rub the whole surface with a cut garlic clove.  
3. Cut a tomato in half - cut one half into slices and set aside momentarily.  
4. Press the other half into the toast all over the surface (like you're stamping), so the bread soaks up the juices. 
5. Drizzle olive oil over the toast and sprinkle with salt.
6. Top with fried egg and tomato slices. Sprinkle with more salt (I used truffle salt).

Enjoy!


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Stuffed Egg For One

5/29/2011

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If you're craving deviled eggs, but don't feel like making a batch, try this instead:  
Cut a hard boiled egg in half, remove the yolk to a small bowl, mash with a teaspoon of mayo and a squirt of sriracha (a.k.a. rooster sauce), put it back into the whites, place them together (sandwich style), sprinkle with salt, and enjoy...you might want to make two :)
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