Reinvent Your Food: The Real Egg Salad Sandwich

A while back, THR’s Instagram account introduced you to The Real Egg Salad Sandwich. Well, yours truly thought it was high-food-craving-time to give you the details!

Look, I HATE when people try to make unhealthy recipes into healthy ones. It’s like, dude, if I want to eat tuna noodle casserole, let me eat the shit out of it. I don’t need a ‘tuna noodle casserole’ recipe which contains almond milk, non-fat greek yogurt and tofu shiritaki noodles. Ew. I’m an 80-20 girl at heart: give me a solid effort 80% of the time and spend the remaining 20% as you desire.

Me during my 20%:

ummm….moving on

Today I present to you The Real Egg Salad Sandwich. Not for the sandwich, but rather the idea. We can reinvent the foods we love in another form and they can be just as delicious, without being made up from an insane ingredient list. I promise.

Image by Kimberly Sabada MS, RD, LDN

The Real Egg Salad Sandwich

Makes 1 sandwich

Ingredients:
2 slices whole wheat bread
2 tablespoons hummus (your favorite)
10 leaves of baby kale
1 radish, thinly sliced
2 slices of red onion, broken apart
2 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced
2 slices of tomato
1/4 avocado mashed with 2 pinches of crushed red pepper

Directions:
This part is ridiculous. Um, assemble ingredients into a sandwich. I started with hummus, then kale, radish, onion, egg, and tomato. Slather avocado on other slice of  bread and form sandwich.

Yeah. These directions were dumb…

Mid-Monday Pick Me Up

Good afternoon you back-on-your-daily-grind Monday minions. As a shout out to the growing efforts of The Healthy Revival (THR), I thought we’d throw it back to yesterday’s Instagram. Oh right, this little old blog is now on Instagram! See side bar to the right for you link to the account. Follow THR at ‘healthyrevival’ on Instagram for weekly posts on recipe previews from the test kitchen, what the dietitian behind the blog is eating and culinary adventures of a healthy foodie. Check it and follow!

For those of you already following THR on Instagram, you saw the glorious, yet simple brunch photo yesterday. I thought I would announce the launch of The Healthy Revival on Instagram by giving you this beauty’s recipe. Happy Monday people!

Photo Credit: Kimberly Sabada’s iPhone

 Goat Cheese Ricotta Bruschetta with Egg

Serves One:
1 slice whole wheat bread, toasted
2 Tablespoons fat-free ricotta cheese
1 Tablespoon goat cheese
1/4 cup cherry tomatoes
1 egg
Salt and pepper
Cooking Spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place whole cherry tomatoes in a small baking ramekin, coat tomatoes with non-stick cooking spray and season with salt and pepper. Bake tomatoes uncovered until bursting and juicy, about 30 minutes. Remove tomatoes from ramekin and give them a quick rough chop to help cool and release more juice. Set aside.

In a small bowl combine ricotta and goat cheese. Spread cheese mixture onto whole wheat toast, top with chopped roasted tomatoes. Cook the egg however you prefer, I cooking mine sunny side up! Plate and serve.

Note: This was a brunch idea would not be a horrible weeknight dinner idea for those of you on the go.

Come back later this week for a knockout dinner recipe that’s sure to please both children and adults!