Curried Olive Egg Salad

Accessorizing the humble egg salad sandwich with olives, curry powder and celery seed really bumps up the flavor of lunch.

Curried Olive Egg Salad

Average Rating: 5

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min.
YIELD: 4 servings.

Ingredients

  • 6 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped
  • 1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup chopped sweet onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped pimiento-stuffed olives
  • 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 8 pita pocket halves
  • 8 lettuce leaves

Instructions

  • 1. In a large bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Line pita halves with lettuce; fill each with 1/4 cup egg salad.

Nutrition Facts

2 filled pita pockets: 398 calories, 20g fat (4g saturated fat), 329mg cholesterol, 893mg sodium, 38g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 2g fiber), 15g protein.
Diabetic Exchanges:
2-1/2 starch, 2-1/2 fat, 1 medium-fat meat.