Egg Salad Pitas
Serves
4
Prep Time
10 min
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Satisfy your craving for something cheesy with these egg salad pitas. Add chopped sweet red pepper and cottage cheese right into the filling, then stuff into pita halves for a quick and easy lunch.
Ingredients
- 6 hard boiled eggs, peeled
- ½ cup (125 mL) light cottage cheese (1%)
- ¼ cup (60 mL) finely chopped sweet red pepper
- ¼ cup (60 mL) finely chopped celery
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) finely chopped green onion
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) light mayonnaise
- ⅛ tsp (0.5 mL) salt
- ⅛ tsp (0.5 mL) pepper
- 2 whole wheat pita breads
- 4 lettuce leaves
Instructions
- Step 1
Coarsely chop eggs in medium bowl with fork.
- Step 2
Add cottage cheese, red pepper, celery, green onion, parsley, mayonnaise salt and pepper; mix well.
- Step 3
Cut pita breads in half; open each pockets and line with lettuce leaf. Fill with egg salad mixture, about 1/2 cup (125 mL) for each pocket.
Nutrition Facts
| Per serving | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 230 |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Fibre | 2 g |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Sodium | 451 mg |