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Hard-Boiled, Super-Easy

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recipe ideas for hard-cooked eggs

Got leftover hard-cooked eggs after Easter? Here are a dozen delicious—sometimes surprising—ways to transform them into flavorful appetizers, satisfying dinner salads, and even a beautifully textured dessert.

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  • Spinach Salad with Eggs, Bacon & Croutons
    Spinach Salad with Eggs, Bacon & Croutons
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    The classic spinach salad, with homemade garlicky croutons, crisp bacon, and a warm sherry vinaigrette.  

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    Bacon & Smoked Paprika Deviled Eggs

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  • Bacon & Smoked Paprika Deviled Eggs
    Bacon & Smoked Paprika Deviled Eggs

    This bacon-and-egg combination is a sophisticated take on a classic appetizer. The bacon adds flavor as well as texture to the filling, and you can dial the hot sauce up or down for just the right amount of heat.
     

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    Beef Picadillo

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  • Beef Picadillo
    Beef Picadillo
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    A Latin American and Caribbean favorite, picadillo is a savory-sweet ground beef filling that’s delicious wrapped in lettuce leaves. It’s also good in tacos, quesadillas, and omelets.

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    Egg Salad with Smoked Salmon, Capers & Dill

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  • Egg Salad with Smoked Salmon, Capers & Dill
    Egg Salad with Smoked Salmon, Capers & Dill
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    Serve this salad on a bed of lettuce or on toasted sandwich bread as a main course, or spoon it onto toasted pita triangles for an hors d'oeuvre.

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    Pear-Cranberry Linzer Tart

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  • Pear-Cranberry Linzer Tart
    Pear-Cranberry Linzer Tart

    Here's the last place you'd expect to find hard-cooked eggs: a decadent tart. Crumbled, cooked yolks give the crust a super-tender, cakey quality.

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    Niçoise Salad with Grilled Tuna & Potatoes

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  • Niçoise Salad with Grilled Tuna & Potatoes
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    Hard-cooked eggs are an essential element of the classic Mediterranean Niçoise salad. Multicolored tomatoes and grilled fresh tuna fillet make this version especially gorgeous.

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    Deviled Eggs with Crabmeat

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  • Deviled Eggs with Crabmeat
    Deviled Eggs with Crabmeat

    Here, the classic deviled egg filling is made even tastier with sweet crab, sherry, Worcestershire sauce and a hit of cayenne. Set these kicked-up nibbles on a platter at your next party and watch them disappear.
     

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    Boston Lettuce Wedges with Mimosa Vinaigrette

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  • Boston Lettuce Wedges with Mimosa Vinaigrette
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    The "mimosa" here refers to hard-cooked eggs to add bright color and texture to a simple vinaigrette dressing on the lettuce.

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    Vegetarian Paté

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    If your eggs have picked up a little dye from their shells, here's a nifty way to disguise it in this delicious, can't-believe-it's-vegetarian mushroom-walnut spread.

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    Steak, Egg & Blue Cheese Salad

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  • Steak, Egg & Blue Cheese Salad
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    A surefire way to make a salad a meal: add steak. This one is simple yet elegant and plays with the classic pairing of steak and eggs. The garlicky vinaigrette adds a flavor boost that's just right.

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    Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs

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    After eating these, you may never go back to your old deviled eggs recipe. To dress them up for a party, top each egg with a small dollop of salmon roe.

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    Classic Potato Salad

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  • Classic Potato Salad
    Classic Potato Salad
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    This classic version of creamy American potato salad combines Yukon Gold potatoes with onion, celery, hard-cooked eggs, and capers in a sour-cream dresing with Champagne vinegar. Create your own customized potato salad with the Recipe Maker.

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    Celebrating Spring Vegetables

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