zappy English Pea Salad

Today this is one of my side dishes for the turkey day. It turned out to be super delicious with some zapp to it

Zappy English pea salad 

English Pea Salad

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup frozen peas thawed or canned peas drained
2. 1 hard-boiled eggs, whites chopped and yolks crumbled
3.  1/4 cup red or yellow or any other color bell pepper, finely chopped
4. 2 ounce(s) (1/2 cup) Cheddar cheese, shredded
5. 2 teaspoons each of  mayonnaise and sour cream
6. 1 teaspoon dried basil
7. 1-2 tablespoon(s) finely chopped red onion
8. 2 teaspoon(s) chopped pimiento
9. 1 teaspoon(s) apple-cider vinegar
10. 1 teaspoon(s) sugar
11. 1 teaspoon(s) soul-food seasoning or seasoned salt
12. 1 teaspoon(s) granulated garlic
13. 1 teaspoon Boar's head mustard with white wine (I love this one) (If you don't have it, use any mustard but not the regular yellow mustard) (or just skip it)

Mix all the ingredients together except the peas. Stir in the peas and mix to combine. Leave it in the fridge for atleast 2 hours. Leave it on the counter for about 30 minutes before serving and serve at room temperature.

Egg Salad Sandwich

The other day there was this news on Yahoo.com about the most favorite sandwiches depending on the searches. The third most popular was the egg salad sandwich. Since I had most of the ingredients at hand I made it for dinner. And it was yum yum yum all the way

Egg Salad Sandwich (Egg salad on toasted bread

Egg salad sandwich

Ingredients:

1. 2 eggs hard boiled, peeled and chopped
2. 1 tablespoon mayo
3. 1 tablespoon relish
4. 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
5. 1 tablespoon finely chopped celery
6. 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper (or salt and pepper to taste)

For the sandwich

1. 1 cup finely sliced lettuce
2. 2 slices of your favorite bread toasted (I used Sour dough)
3. 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (if you want)

Mix all the ingredients for the salad and store in the fridge until ready to be used

Toast the bread. Add the lettuce on top, topped with the egg salad. Spread the dijon mustard on the top bread slice, cut it into half. Serve with potato chips and a spear of pickle of you like. Enjoy