British Egg Week & Egg-Cellent Recipes:
5:2 Diet Egg, Artichoke and Salmon Salad
This weeks marks British Egg Week, and as a “chicken mother”, I am a bit of an egg addict! I have three hens, Mavis who is a Black Rock, Gertie is a Bluebell and Blanche is a Sussex Light; they lay three eggs a day for about ten days without a break when they are in “full lay” and that is more than enough for us as it gives us over a dozen and a half eggs a week. At this time of the year I am still averaging 14 eggs a week and I would never consider buying eggs again, after eating my own home-grown free-range eggs with their deep golden yolks and rich taste. So, as it is British Egg Week, I am sharing some EGG-CELLENT egg recipes today, (sorry, that is a pun that has to be done!) as well as a NEW 5:2 DIET recipe for an egg salad with style – Egg, Artichoke and Salmon Salad.
This simple salad recipe is more an idea than a recipe really, but it was my latest creation when I found some tinned artichoke hearts in the fridge (left over from an antipasti platter I had assembled for a dinner party) as well as some cooked salmon fillets, from the same dinner party. The eggs completed the salad picture and the salad was dressed with a low-calorie salad dressing as well as fresh lemon juice. It was full of flavour and made a wonderfully tasty light luncheon dish for one the other day. Use tinned salmon if you wish, but DO check the calories on the tin; I used cooked wild Atlantic salmon fillets which are lower in calories than farmed or tinned salmon.
As well as it being British Egg Week, it is also Omega 3 Month, with the emphasis on eating more Omega 3 oil rich fish as part of a healthy heart diet. You can find more information as well as some tasty recipes over on the Fish is the Dish site here: Now That’s What I Call Omega-3! and Omega-3 Recipes. Atlantic wild salmon comes in at a STAGGERING number four on the Omega 3 oil chart, making it a SUPER healthy fish to serve the family, and is also makes this new salad recipe of mine very nutritious as well as being low in calories – that’s a WIN WIN! So, this is the week and the month to eat eggs as well as Omega 3 oil rich fish and seafood, which suits me! To end today’s post, I am going to share some of my most popular egg recipes as well as my new recipe for Egg, Artichoke and Salmon Salad, and there is also a link to ALL my fish and seafood recipes too. Have a great day and I will be back with some NEW giveaway contests, as well as more traveller’s tales, reviews and new recipes. Karen
Egg, Artichoke and Salmon Salad (5:2 Diet)
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| Serves | 1 |
| Prep time | 5 minutes |
| Allergy | Egg |
| Meal type | Lunch, Main Dish, Salad |
| Misc | Gourmet, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold |
| Region | British |
| By author | Karen Burns-Booth |
Ingredients
- mixed salad leaves (about 50g - 3 calories)
- 125g cooked salmon fillet (flaked - 140 calories)
- 2 small tinned artichoke hearts, cut onto quarters (or 2 small fresh artichoke hearts, cooked - 30 calories)
- 1 small hard-boiled egg (52 calories)
- 2 cornichons, finely diced (10 calories)
- 1/2 lemon, sliced thinly
- 1 tablespoon low calorie lemon salad dressing (5 calories)
Note
Make use of an opened tin of artichoke hearts and leftover cooked salmon by assembling this gourmet salad for a 5:2 diet fast day or for a low-calorie light luncheon dish. This salad is a wonderful combination of tastes and textures and is full of vitamins as well as essential Omega 3 oils. (This salad counts towards 2 of your 5 a day)
Directions
| Step 1 | Arrange the salad leaves on a large platter or plate. |
| Step 2 | Slice the boiled egg very thinly into slices. Arrange the cooked salmon, artichoke hearts, egg slices and diced cornichons on top of the salad leaves. |
| Step 3 | Dress with the low-calorie dressing and then top with the lemon slices. |
| Step 4 | Tinned salmon can be used, but check calorie count on the tin. |
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Alison says
I would never have thought of using artichokes, salmon and egg together but it looks amazing
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Alison! I love eggs and artichokes together, and adding the salmon was just the icing on the cake really for taste and flavour combination!
Janie says
Pinned! Looks like a fine salad Karen & you wouldn’t even know it was a low cal dish 🙂
Janie x
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Janie darlink, glad you like the recipe! Karen xx
Donna says
Karen, thank you for a beautiful salad, and a stunning collection of egg recipes — I so admire your cooking, and your food styling talent! Donna
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Donna! I hope you find some recipe inspiration from the list I have shared, Karen
Glamorous Glutton says
That’s a great recipe, full of flavour and three of my favourite ingredients. Perfect for lunch or a light supper. GG
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks GG! Mavis, Blanche and Gertie have been very busy! Karen
Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D) says
What an amazing collection of recipes. They are EGGcellent 🙂
Karen Burns-Booth says
Hahaha! Thanks Nayna – I DO love an egg pun!
Dom says
Love love love an egg salad ! Hoorah for egg week!
Karen Burns-Booth says
Hurrah for egg week indeed Dom! And like you, I also love a good egg salad too!
Joseph says
That’s a great recipe. Well presented. Thanks for sharing.
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks for the nice comment Joseph! 🙂
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
I have got a bit bored of my egg recipes so I am rather peased to find such a fab selection form you Karen. First stop the egg and salmon salad.
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Bintu! I was very pleased with the combination I must say!
Janice says
Lovely egg recipes, Karen. I don’t have my own hens on the farm but we get our eggs from another farm so I know what you mean about the difference in the quality.
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Janice, yes, you can always tell a good free-range egg by the taste and the colour of the yolk!
Liz Thomas says
Sounds lovely and will definitely be trying it.
Did you hear the one about the man who went to work on an egg (old egg marketing board slogan).
It broke down, so he went into a shell garage. The mechanic took a look at it and said “you haven’t pulled the yolk out”, so he pulled the yolk out and it’s going all white now.
Ok, Ok, I’m going now !!
Cheers!
L
Karen Burns-Booth says
Hahahaha!
LOVE it Liz, and I am also old enough to remember the “Go to work on an egg” advertisements too……..so, the joke is even funnier!
I hope you enjoy the salad if you make it.
Karen
Rath says
Wow it is an awesome egg recipe surely i will try this egg recipe tomorrow itself because my kid loves egg a lot and that too you have prepared the egg with salmon i hope loves it
Try to come out with different recipes using salmon
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks so much Rath! Lovely to see you here too! Do let me know how the recipe turns out! Karen