Hard-boiled egg, cheese, and crunchy vegetable salad

Hard-boiled egg, cheese, and crunchy vegetable salad

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Hard-boiled eggs, crumbled cheese, leek, pepper, fresh green peas, and new onions, all dressed with a mustard and lemon vinaigrette: a complete salad.

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This Polish salad features hard-boiled eggs, cheese, and crisp vegetables. A mustard-lemon vinaigrette enhances the flavors, and just 30 minutes of resting time is enough to allow the flavors to meld.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Estimated cost$7.23 $1.81 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.40
  • $0.29
  • $3.16
  • $0.08
  • $0.68
  • $0.78
  • $0.48
  • $0.15
  • $0.03
  • $0.04
  • $0.14

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 11 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the new onions and leeks, then chop them into thin, diagonal slices. Cut the bell pepper in half, remove the seeds, and dice it into small pieces. Dice the cheese into small cubes. Cook the hard-boiled eggs, peel them, and cut them.
  2. Combine the vegetables with the cheese, green peas, and eggs. ≈ 4 min
  3. Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and mustard. ≈ 4 min
  4. Dress the salad with the dressing, cover, and let it sit for about 30 minutes.
  5. Garnish with chopped chives before serving. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Hard-boiled egg, cheese, and crunchy vegetable salad

  • 4 eggs$1.40
  • 2 new onions$0.29
  • 1 bell pepper$3.16
  • 3 tablespoons of canned green peas$0.08
  • 2 leeks$0.68
  • chives$0.78
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil$0.48
  • 2 tablespoons of mustard$0.15
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice$0.03
  • salt$0.04
  • pepper$0.14

Total$7.23

that's $1.81 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 150 g of yellow cheese (such as Gouda)
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 new onions
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 3 tablespoons of canned green peas
  • 2 leeks
  • chives
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons of mustard
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • salt
  • pepper

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