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High-Protein Rainbow Egg Salad

Preparation time: 40 min
Difficulty: Easy
Serves 5 people
5 Average Rating

This high-protein rainbow egg salad layers crisp Brussels sprouts, cucumber, radish, beetroot and apple with boiled eggs and a dairy-free dressing. It's a fresh, colourful way to make lunch or dinner feel like an occasion, with eggs delivering an easy, affordable protein boost.

Ingredients

Number of servings

The original recipe is for 5 servings.

Adjusting the number of serves may require changes to cooking times and ingredient proportions.

  • Dressing
  • Salad

Method

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Dressing

  1. Blend all ingredients in a jug with a stick blender until smooth. Season and add 2 tablespoons of water if needed to thin out. 

Salad

  1. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil. Pull loose outside leaves off sprouts and reserve. Cook whole sprouts in boiling water for 1 minute; add leaves and submerge. Drain and refresh in cold water.
  2. Thinly slice cucumber, radishes and beetroot on a mandolin. Arrange cucumber, radish, beetroot, apple, sprouts, dill and eggs on a serving plate and drizzle with dressing between layers.
  3. Finish with a final drizzle of dressing and garnish of dill and leftover sprout leaves. Season with cracked pepper. Serve.

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Notes

  • To prevent staining your fingers from beetroot, wear disposable gloves when slicing on a mandolin.

Nutrition Per Serve

  • 275g Serving size
  • 1060kJ 253kcal Energy
  • 10g Protein
  • 17g Total fat
  • 3g Saturated fat
  • 13g Carbs (total)
  • 13g Carbs (sugar)
  • 150mg Sodium
  • 5g Fibre
  • 4.1µg Vitamin D

Reviews

Overall Rating

Average Rating: 5

1 review