What to Do With Leftover Easter Eggs

Posted by Kim Conte

on April 13, 2009 at 8:22 AM

easter eggs

Do you have a ton of hard-boiled eggs leftover from Easter? Here are some ideas of what you can do with them...

I like to make Deviled Eggs. My favorite recipe for them is as follows:

Stuffed Eggs adapted from The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters

6 hard-boiled eggs

Salt

Pepper

3 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Splash of Tabasco

Paprika

Fresh chives and tarragon, chopped

Peel eggs. Cut in half lengthwise, and scoop the yolks into a mixing bowl. Mash yolks with mayonnaise, mustard, Tabasco, salt, and pepper. If yolk mixture is too thick, add cold water by the teaspoonful until the consistency is right. Fill whites with yolk mixture. Garnish with sprinkled paprika, chives, and tarragon before serving.

Here are some other ideas:

9 Heavenly Hard-Cooked Egg Recipes (including Layered Salad and Egg and Asparagus Rollups) from Woman's Day

Coconut & Lime's Ham and Dill Deviled Eggs

10 Unique Uses for Hard-Boiled Eggs (including Hard-Boiled Egg Oatmeal Cookies) from Eating Out Loud

Great Ideas for Leftover Hard-Boiled Eggs from Epicurious.com

What do you do with leftover Easter eggs?

About the author Kim Conte

has shoes that make people stop her on the street and ask "Where did you get those?" but it doesn't work for taxi cabs as she was hit by one ... and lived to tell the tale. She has more freckles than Lohan but way less attitude. And she's a fierce cook with tons of recipes to share -- and wishes she could share some with Bourdain.

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Comments (10)

RyleeMendez

on Apr 13, 2009 at 9:25 AM

We've been having them for breakfast for the past two days and as snacks. :)

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toola

on Apr 13, 2009 at 9:28 AM

oh, I LOVE scotch eggs! haven't had them in years... thanks for the links

sunmoonstars

on Apr 13, 2009 at 9:46 AM

My dh ate them all in about 2 days. 18 eggs!!!!

MattedBlackCat

on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM

Good idea...now what are we to do with those awful plastic eggs?!?! Any idea's? They're all over my house!

Annette4

on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM

I make egg salad and add a few chopped or sliced eggs to other salads, too. I also make deviled eggs or just peel and eat.

I believe they are good for up to a week in the fridge.. I seldom boil more than a dozen anyway... so they disappear pretty quickly around here. We have tons of plastic eggs - can't eat those, so that's a problem!

Aemelia

on Apr 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM

Wow left over eggs? Not at my house. We just color eggs for the experience. We hide candy filled plastic eggs.

We colored 18 hard boiled eggs on Friday and they were all gone by Saturday afternoon. We did have egg salad sandwiches for lunch on Saturday but they wouldn't have lasted until Sunday between my husband and kids.

LisaJ8720

on Apr 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM

Like Aemelia, we color them just for the experience. We had deviled eggs out of most of them, & my hubby pickled a dozen of them. So they're already gone! :)

IrishTLC

on Apr 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM

I use mine in potato salad...after we used most of them for devilled eggs!

chelley24

on Apr 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM

My kids always make s'mores with the left over PEEPS in the Microwave! We always end up with an obscene amount of them! (thanks aunts & uncles & grandparents) I have also used them to make rice krispy treats! ( I know these werent eggs but if ya got left over peeps.......)