
An easy egg salad recipe means just a few ingredients and not too much chopping. To me, the key to this egg salad recipe is the grated onion, which imparts a quick onion flavor with out having to chop it finely enough to not get big chunks of onion in every bite.
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Everyone should know how to boil an egg, it’s a cooking basic right? Or maybe not. Several years ago in Hawaii I wanted to boil some eggs for tuna salad. I suddenly realized that whenever I’d done it at home, I had a nifty little boiled egg timer that my mom used. With no timer, and no money to buy one, I turned to the one source I knew could tell me how long to boil an egg. I called my mom!
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Fried rice is one of Eric’s and my favorite meals. This fried rice recipe is the basic one I usually make, but the great news is that it’s such a flexible recipe that you can substitute pretty much any vegetables and meat. I often make chicken fried rice, shrimp fried rice, even bacon fried rice!
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Here’s a quick round up of some healthy easy snack options for Super Bowl food. My goal for Super Bowl recipes is basically to not need silverware. If I’m focused on the big game, I want to just be able to move my hand to my mouth without having to concentrate on a fork or spoon. I know, very cro-magnon of me! But I also don’t want to eat a ton of fattening chips, dips, little wieners, and other typical game foods that leave me feeling sick by the end of the fourth quarter. Each of these snacks are healthy, EASY, options for your Super Bowl party food. Read more

This chicken nacho recipe is the final recipe I want to share from our hunger challenge week. Eric loves cheese nachos and that’s pretty much what he would eat twice a day if I didn’t prepare some meals for him before heading out of town. I’m fine with (or even crave!) nachos once in a while, but like to add onions, chicken, and bell peppers to give it some nutritional value and added flavor.
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