Egg Salad Sandwich and Rolled Lettuce, Ham & Cheese

For the past several days I had been itching to make egg salad sandwich after reading the Greedy Gourmet's post on it, which I found while surfing Coffee and Vanilla's Wholesome Lunchbox Round-ups. This was a bento for the boyfriend on 1/7/09.

• Egg salad sandwich, sliced into 2
• Half of a blackberry preserve sandwich
• Lettuce and ham rolled with a stick of Bega Cheese Stringers
• Reese's and Whoppers candies (hidden beneath the walnuts)
• Candied walnuts I made from walnuts left over from making fruitcake

I think it would have been more visually appealing to use brown bread (whole-wheat bread) instead of white bread for the egg sandwich. Unfortunately, we didn't have any wheat bread at the time.

Egg Salad Sandwich Filling

2 eggs, hard boiled, mashed with a fork
2-3 heaping tablespoons of Miracle Whip
1 Tbsp pickle relish
salt and pepper to taste
dash of chili powder
dash of nutmeg

Mix well! That's all!

To hardboil an egg

To hardboil an egg, place it in a pot of water, just enough to cover. Put on the heat and let it boil. If you want the yolk to be in the center, I've read that people suggest rolling the egg around the pot with a spoon. When the water begins to boil, let it boil for about 10 seconds then cover the pot with its lid. Turn off the heat. Leave it for 15 minutes. The eggs should be perfectly hardboiled after 15 minutes.

Please do not boil the egg to death. I have read some blogs and seen some instructional videos on youtube telling people to boil the egg for 18 minutes! Overcooked eggs have that gray color on the outside of the yolk and the whites are rubbery.