No Mayo Stuffed Eggs

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 large eggs, hard-boiled
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• ground pepper, to taste
• paprika, for garnish
• 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes, oil-packed, drained and chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 peel the eggs.
• 2 slice eggs in halve and remove yolks to a bowl.
• 3 mash the yolks with a fork.
• 4 add the oil, basil, garlic, salt and pepper.
• 5 mash until it's nice and creamy.
• 6 taste and add more oil, salt or pepper, to your taste.
• 7 stuff the whites using a spoon, pastry bag or plastic bag w/corner snipped.
• 8 sprinkle the eggs with paprika.
• 9 cover loosely and refrigerate for 1 hour to chill.
• 10 note: for a twist, add the 2 t of sun-dried tomatoes at step five.
• 11 the recipe doubles, triples, etc. endlessly well.