No Mayo, All Soul

Your Time Investment:
20 minutes hands-on + 30 minutes letting flavors waltz
(Feeds 4 hungry souls or 2 very enthusiastic ones)

Imagine hard-boiled eggs and broccoli florets doing a cozy dance in your bowl – one creamy and golden, the other bright and snappy. This isn’t salad. It’s a protein-packed embrace that hides a full cup of green goodness while whispering “I’ve got your back” to tired muscles.

Why This Bowl Feels Alive

• Eggs from happy hens: Like little suns carrying complete protein + brain-fueling choline
• Broccoli with attitude: Its sulforaphane is nature’s tiny shield-bearer
• Yogurt’s quiet wisdom: Greek-style hums with probiotics, thickening the plot without mayo’s heaviness

Gathering Your Garden Orchestra

(Play conductor with these ingredients)

The Lead Players

• 6 boiled eggs (pasture-raised if possible), chopped like confetti
• 3 cups broccoli florets – steamed until they sigh but still crunch
• ½ cup Greek yogurt (full-fat for velvet texture)
• ¼ cup red onion, diced small + tamed in ice water
• 3 tbsp celery – the crisp percussionist

Flavor Soloists

• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (the bright high note)
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard (depth without shouting)
• ¼ cup almonds toasted to gold (crunchy encore)
• 2 tbsp fresh dill (or 1 tsp dried) – summer’s breath
• Salt + pepper (your rhythm section)

Encore Touches (Optional)

• Lemon zest giggles
• Smoked paprika’s smoky whisper
• Microgreens: confetti for your edible celebration

The Dance Steps

1. Prep Your Partners

• Broccoli: Steam 4 minutes → plunge into ice bath (keeps its emerald spark)
• Eggs: Boil 9 minutes → cool in icy shock → peel under running water (easiest undress)
• Almonds: Toast dry in pan till they sing nutty songs

1. The Sauce Serenade
   Whisk yogurt + vinegar + mustard until smooth. Fold in dill, salt, pepper.
2. Grand Assembly
   In your favorite ceramic bowl:

• Toss eggs, broccoli, celery, drained onions gently
• Pour dressing over → fold with wooden spoon like tucking in a child
• Let rest 25 minutes (flavors need this quiet talk)

1. Curtain Call Presentation

• Line plates with butter lettuce (edible green stages)
• Spoon salad into nests
• Scatter almonds + extra dill like floral offerings
• Dust with paprika if the mood strikes

Nature’s Nutrition Poetry

(Per serving whispers)

• 17g protein → builds like river stones
• 100% daily vitamin C → sunshine in cellular form
• Choline richness → brain fog’s gentle adversary

From My Herbalist Friend:

“When broccoli’s quiet warriors meet egg’s golden wisdom? That’s food becoming medicine without the bitter aftertaste.”

Culinary Secrets Whispered Over the Fence

• Texture Truth: Chop broccoli finer than eggs – lets them hold hands in harmony
• Flavor Alchemy: Dress while broccoli’s still warm – absorbs like thirsty earth
• Make-Ahead Magic: Lasts 3 days chilled; add nuts/dill at serving (keeps secrets fresh)

Shape-Shifting for Different Hungers

If You’re…	Try…
Avoiding Dairy	Coconut yogurt + tahini’s earthy kiss
Walking Keto Paths	8 eggs + avocado’s buttery hug
Plant-Based	Pressed tofu (14 oz) + nutritional yeast’s cheesy wink
Nut-Wary	Sunflower seeds toasted like tiny suns

Why This Recipe Roots in Memory

1. Ancestral Alchemy:
   Grandmother’s eggs meet modern green awareness
2. Eye Feast:
   Golden yolk islands in emerald seas
3. Versatile Soul:

• Stuffed in sourdough’s warm embrace
• Crowning baked potatoes like edible jewels
• Scooped onto cucumber rounds for garden parties

Last Bite Wisdom:
*”Some salads shout. This one leans close and murmurs: *’Taste how good simple can feel.’“

Temperature Sweet Spot:
Serve chilled (about 4°C) → keeps broccoli’s joyful snap intact.