hummus meets egg salad
February 17, 2012 Yesterday was not the best Thursday ever.
But Friday is looking up!
The blog is back, and I have a recipe to share. [One Thursday issue was the blog being down due to my cache plugin malfunctioning, and the blog overloading my host’s server. Hopefully it’s fixed for now! I’ll be making a big blog move in the next two weeks, and hopefully won’t have to deal with this problem again!]
And a new header! It was about time. That summer pasta header was only like 7 months out of date.
Don’t worry, you’re not having déjà vu. This looks similar to 2 recipes from last week.
Last week, I gave you curry yogurt egg salad and then stuffed peppers with black bean crema.
But this is something brand new{ish}. When organic red peppers are on sale, you have to take advantage!
Today I’m giving you a hummus egg salad stuffed pepper.
And only 2 finished photos, because, well, you can see why below.
Mixing hummus and egg salad is hard to make pretty.
I’ve mixed hummus with hardboiled eggs before, stuffed it between 2 slices of bread, and loved it. So why not stuff it into a raw pepper? You know you love red pepper + hummus. And the best part, you don’t need to roast the pepper!
Just assemble the egg salad and stuff. Use any hummus recipe you like, or your favorite store bought brand.
Egg Salad Hummus Stuffed Peppers
- 6 large eggs
- ~3/4c hummus
- 2 large red peppers
- salt, pepper, herbs to taste
- Carefully place 6 eggs in a large pot and fill with cold water, covering the eggs by 1-2”.
- Cover and bring to a boil.
- Let boil for 1 minute, then turn the heat off, keep covered and let sit for 12-15min, depending on the size of your eggs.
- Remove the eggs and place them in a large bowl filled with water + ice. Refrigerate until cooled then peel.
- Slice your peppers in half, lengthwise and remove the seeds.
- Coarsely chop the eggs and add to a bowl.
- Fold in hummus and any dried for chopped fresh herbs.
- Taste and add salt + pepper as needed.
- Fill the peppers.
tips/substitutions: For a basic hummus recipe: In a food processor, process 1.5 cloves of garlic. Then add 2 cups [cooked] chickpeas, 2-3T tahini [or other plain, drippy nut butter – I used cashew], 3-4T olive oil, 3T lemon juice, 1/4t salt, pepper into you food processor and process until smooth. You want the hummus very smooth and creamy for this recipe.
Feel free to add things like:
- basil
- oregano [I added about 1.5t dried]
- smoked paprika
- green onion
- curry honey hummus [instead of plain]
- carrots for crunch
- sunflower seeds
- pepitas
- etc.
I’m glad the blog is back and hoping it stays put this weekend, because we’re headed out of town. Time for some snowboarding! See you guys Monday.
Happy weekend!
Ashley
chickpeas, eggs, peppers in easy meals, entree, gluten free, grain free 
Reader Comments (52)
This sounds fantastic! I kind of like egg salad, but I don't like the mayonnaise...so this is the perfect solution!
Hope you are having a good Friday!
~Emily~
Why does everything look better when it is stuffed into another food item? Love the new header too, very clean and just screams "farm to table" to me.
So simple + delish. Love the new header too, it's very YOU
Pretty new header and I've had my cache plugin malfunction, and overload my servers, too. Such a pain dealing with all this stuff. Hang in there! And good luck on your migration move!
The egg salad looks delish!
Love the new header Ashley! Also love hummus in my egg salad. Much better than mayo! Makes great deviled eggs as well.
Love the new header! And sorry to hear about yesterday, hope your weekend is much better :)
What a great idea!! Love the new header :D
That pasta recipe, while definitely not "in season" was still pretty to look at :) Although, love this one too! This is funny because I was just thinking about egg salad for lunch. I happen to have peppers on hand so I might be making this now instead :)
I love the new header! It's gorgeous :) and hummus with egg salad sounds beyond delicious right now!
This recipe deserves a "how easy is that" like Ina Garten says. Smart to mix egg salad and hummus for a protein punch. Yum.
LOve the new header!
Hummus is like a miracle food- so adaptable. Try a "sweet" version with apple slices or with animal cookies. YUM!
Great lunch idea!!
I love sweet hummus! Pumpkin spice is my favorite!
Thanks Gina. ;) Enjoy lunch!
Thanks so much Heather!! Down with mayo! ;)
Thanks Heather. You know me too well!
Aw, thank you Casey!
Hope you have a great weekend!
What a great idea! What if it's too much of a good thing?? :)
I LOVE the new header!!!!
Love the new header...and the stuffed peppers!
Thank you Sarah!
I absolutely adore your new header!! (And I can´t stand eggs, so that says something ;))
Good luck with the move!
I love hummus and eggs. :) Got to try this one out. I like the new header. It's always fun seeing new headers on fun blogs.
Love the banner! I love how your photos are always so pure and clean looking! Also hummus in egg salad is a great idea, I'll pretty much eat hummus with anything. :)
I know I'm going to love this! Stuffing the egg salad into a red pepper is a great idea - such a nice change from the usual sandwich! I also really like the egg & hummus combination. One of my favorite lunches is toast spread with a layer of hummus and topped with a fried egg.
I love the egg and hummus combo. People generally think this is a weird combo but it is SO GOOD!!! I'm glad to see I'm not alone on the egg+hummus yumminess
I love how do-able your recipes are! I actually use them over and over and I think this one will be added to the list, as I'm not a mayo girl and love my garlic too. Thank you :)
As a hummus aside, I made a recipe using roasted hazelnuts instead of tahini, and that was pretty good too, albeit I think too heavy to use with eggs. You mentioned sweet hummus in the comments too - I guess that's garlic-free? (!) Is it just tahini, chickpeas, sweetener and spice? I am curious!
Ummm, yum!! Looks great, what a wonderful idea!
Where are you snowboarding today!?! we are in FL right now for a marathon, but when we get back we want to do a weekend trip to Winter Park!
Haha! This is so simple and genius it's cracking me up! Red pepper strips are almost the only thing I dip in hummus and I already mix hard boiled egg in hummus. Why not let all three unite? Genius! I'm so glad your blog is up and running again lady! :)
Good luck with your big move!
What an awesome idea, mixing eggs and hummus! I'm so egg-obsessed as of late, so this recipe will definitely come in handy :)
Yum, great idea!!
Love the new header and definitely going to be making this. Partially because I love egg salad and also because I have tahini that is about to go bad in less than 48 hours.
Haha, some foods are definitely un-photogenic~But this looks marvelous! And I love your new header! It's so clean and cute. :D Have a fun and SAFE time snowboarding Ashley!
New header is beautiful. At least you blog was down because you are so popular!!! :) Good luck with the migration. Always scary but your readers will stay with you because you do such a good job!
I've never paired eggs with chickpeas, but it seems like a no-brainer. This looks delicious!
This sounds like a great idea! And so easy! :)
This sounds like a great idea! And so easy! :)
I love the new header! It's so fresh and makes me think of springtime and natural eating.
I added hummus to a fried egg sandwich last week and was so pleasantly surprised at the results! Now I'm ready to try this :)
Thanks so much Maria!
Thank you Connie! I really appreciate your kind words. :)
Much appreciated, Ellie! Hope you had a great weekend!
As am I!!
Thanks Sylvia!
We have the Copper/Winter Park pass, so maybe we could meet up out there!
Thanks for letting me know you're enjoying my recipes! :) Yes, sweet hummus is garlic free. I've made two variations in the past - pumpkin spice and apple cinnamon. There are a ton out there on the web as well! Typically people use almond/cashew/peanut butter instead of tahini.
Thanks Lauren! That means a lot!