Egg Salad in Tomato Shells—Two Nutritious Ingredients Make a Healthy Dish.

Name: Egg Salad in Tomato Shells—Two Nutritious Ingredients Make a Healthy Dish.
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 4 medium tomatoes; One 3-ounce package reduced-fat cream cheese; 2 tablespoons low-fat milk; 1/4 cup mayonnaise; 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped; 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper; 1/4 cup peeled, seeded, and chopped cucumber; 2 tablespoons chopped green onion; 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce (optional); Salt to taste

January 24, 2012

Cooks' Note

Nutritious eggs and tomatoes team up to make this classic dish as good for you as it is good—and it tastes just as good now as when Mom made it. Chilling and firming the salad in the freezer is a lot faster than doing so in the refrigerator. For a bite-size hors d'oeuvre version, spoon the egg salad into 24 hollowed-out cherry tomatoes.

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