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Cottage Cheese Egg Salad

Smooth cottage cheese and sour cream make a nutritious substitute for mayonnaise in this well-loved classic.

  • Yields: 32 servings (1/2 cup per serving)
  • Preparation: 20 minutes (+ 8 hours chilling time)

Ingredients

  • 40 eggs, hard-cooked and peeled
  • 10 cups Nordica Smooth Plain
  • 2 1/2 cups (625mL) GAY LEA - Sour Cream 14%
  • 1/4 cup (60mL) lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup (60mL) Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp (5mL) salt
  • 1 tsp (5mL) pepper
  • 2 1/2 cups (625mL) celery, finely diced
  • 8 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 32 slices whole grain bread, toasted
  • 32 carrot sticks
  • 32 cucumber sticks
  • 32 red pepper sticks
  • 32 celery sticks
  • 32 GAY LEA - Butter Portions- Pots Whipped, softened (optional)

Instructions

  1. Mash together eggs, cottage cheese, sour cream, lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper until combined. Stir in celery and green onions. Cover and refrigerate for up to 8 hours before service.
  2. Per serving: Serve 1/2 cup (125 mL) egg salad with 1 slice toasted whole grain bread, 1 each carrot, cucumber, red pepper and celery stick, and butter pat (if using).
  • Blanch carrots in boiling water until tender-crisp to soften, if needed, and peel celery if too stringy.
  • To make hard-cooked eggs, steam in steamer for 12 to 15 minutes or place eggs in bottom of large rondeau in single layer; pour in enough cold water to cover eggs by at least 1 inch (2.5 cm). Bring to boil over high heat; cover and remove from heat. Let stand for 15 minutes; drain and rinse under cold water. Peel eggs.
Photo of - Cottage Cheese Egg Salad

Ingredients

  • 40 eggs, hard-cooked and peeled
  • 10 cups Nordica Smooth Plain
  • 2 1/2 cups (625mL) GAY LEA - Sour Cream 14%
  • 1/4 cup (60mL) lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup (60mL) Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp (5mL) salt
  • 1 tsp (5mL) pepper
  • 2 1/2 cups (625mL) celery, finely diced
  • 8 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 32 slices whole grain bread, toasted
  • 32 carrot sticks
  • 32 cucumber sticks
  • 32 red pepper sticks
  • 32 celery sticks
  • 32 GAY LEA - Butter Portions- Pots Whipped, softened (optional)