Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Good-Egg Salad Sandwich

Eggs are way, way, way unappreciated by people who eat ; ) They get a bad review from most every mainstream diet. The egg yolk is where all the amazing antioxidants, healthy fats and delectable flavor are found. Yet, low carb-ers and body builders use only whites for their high protein content. Low fat dieters are afraid the fat in the yolk means fat on their thighs. Worst of all medical doctors encourage less yoke-age because of cholesterol. Unbeknownst to most is that the conclusive studies on cholesterol were done on powdered eggs. Powdering anything with cholesterol begets oxidized cholesterol, which no doubt is entirely unhealthy! All of this has led to a low nutrient dense product that is held in high regard by the health savvy consumer--an eggs substitute made with egg whites, lovely.

I am highly bugged when people think they can make food healthier than our creator. There is a new-ish food system that was created to "help" consumers make healthier choices. Rating products points from 1 to 100, the higher the number the heathier the product. NuVal rates an egg subsitute 67 and real eggs only 33. No wonder consumers are confused, there are a contant stream of organizations conspiring against us.

Eggs are one of the only animal products that have not been completely adulterated by mass commercial farming techniques. Though a properly cared for chicken yields a far superior egg, a super food in fact, the average grocery store egg benefits your health more than anything in a box. Do something good for yourself, eat whole eggs.

A favorite, simple (that is if I have mayo made, bread baked and eggs boiled and cooled) lunch of mine is egg salad sandwiches. They bring me back to childhood; loved them then on my Wonder Bread with Miracle Whip and Frenches Yellow Mustard, love them now on my whole grain bread, olive oil mayo and stone ground mustard. Here is my formula for making a simple egg salad sandwich per person.

2 slices of bread
2 hard cooked eggs
1 tablespoon mayo
1 teaspoon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Multiply ingredients for number of people. Peel and mash eggs with a fork, combine with mayo, mustard, salt and pepper. Sandwich mixture in bread slices.
Good-Egg Salad Sandwich on Foodista

16 comments:

  1. Yum! And thanks for the info--I'm so glad I read this blog!

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  2. Thanks for the info for sure. I won't stress so much about my husband's love for eggs!

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  3. I love egg salad sandwiches...I add a little lemon juice too.

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  4. Totally agree. America is so backward. Eggs are tremedous for the liver and the liver is what it is all about. I love egg salad sandwiches also but forget about them. Thanks for bringing it up again. Lunch tomorrow.

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  5. I'm imagining this sandwich with some of the basil from your front yard...yum.

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  6. 'Here, Here' (however you spell that exclamation of agreement) about the eggs. I am a superfan. I am glad to knows from someone who knows that I am okay with my love for eggs.

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  7. So glad to see this post. We consume lots of eggs due to our ever producing chickens! And I must say, our eggs are SO MUCH BETTER than the ones from the store.

    As always, thanks for the insight.

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  8. Agreed! We love eggs... I have never taken the yolks out.... I had an egg omlette once that just had egg whites and it was awful...

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  9. Hooray! I love eggs and have always eaten them despite what the mainstream health beliefs are. Soft boiled are my favorite, but I haven't met an egg I didn't like.(except for egg substitute, but then that should not be considered "Egg" in my book)
    As always, thanks for the great knowledge!

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  10. I have felt the same way about eggs, too - but just didn't go and do the research to validate it. So thanks!

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  11. I'm really interested in that study that used powdered eggs to determine eggs were unhealthy for you. Where can I learn more?

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  12. The Weston A. Price Foundation is dedicated to revealing the truth about real food. http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/dirty-secrets.html

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  13. I read that whole page. You couldn't give me worse nightmares if you showed me a horror film.

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  15. This recipe is so simple yet everything about it was so perfect. It definitely brought me back to my childhood- I think it was the mustard. And Luthien (my often difficult to feed 18-month-old) loved it too. She spit out the celery I added in but at least she got a good dose of healthy fats. Yum!

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  16. Those babies, they can be tricky to feed. The important thing to remember is 1)not to give up on anything at this age, keep trying the stuff she spits out over and over again and 2) When you have offered 2-3 healthy choices and they refuse all of them, don't give in by feeding them junk just to get something in their tummies; it trains them to hold out for what they want and you will have a long picky eating ahead of you.

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