You can always add that perfect crunch to any sandwich or burger by adding a Vlasic pickle on the side or as a topper, but if you want to get a little more creative, check out these innovative ideas from celebrity chef Kevin Roberts to ensure that this year’s Easter celebration is the best it can be. Kevin, a.k.a. “The Food Dude,” is author of Munchies and Kissing in The Kitchen, media personality, executive chef and owner of three successful restaurants, and was most recently seen as a finalist on the Food Network’s The Next Food Network Star.

CREAMY EGG SALAD ON ENDIVE

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

1 carton Eggs, hard-boiled and chopped

1/2 cup, Mayonnaise

1/2 cup, Dill Vlasic Pickles, chopped

SALT and PEPPER to taste

1 Endive, cleaned and end cut off, peel leaves apart

Vlasic Dill Pickle Spears, for garnish

Instructions: Boil eggs until hard. Cool, de-shell and add yolk and whites to mixing bowl. Chop in bowl.  Add mayonnaise, chopped pickles, salt and pepper and mix well.  Stuff egg mixture into the endive leaves, plate and garnish with pickle spears.

EGG SALAD MELTS

Serves 4-8

Ingredients:

1 carton Eggs, hard-boiled and chopped

1/2 cup Mayonnaise

1/2 cup, Dill Vlasic pickles, chopped, for mix and garnish

SALT and PEPPER to taste

1 package Bagels, halved

4 slices Cheddar Cheese

Instructions: Boil eggs until hard. Cool, de-shell and add yolk and whites to mixing bowl. Chop in bowl. Add mayonnaise, chopped pickles, salt and pepper and mix well.

Toast bagel halves, add egg mixture on top, add cheese slice and bake in oven until cheese is melted.

CRAB STUFFED DEVILED EGGS

Serves 6

Ingredients

1 carton eggs, hard-cooked

2 (6 ounce) cans crab meat

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon sale

1 Vlasic® Baby Dill or Sweet Gherkin pickle, thin sliced, 1 inch long

Instructions: Cool eggs first, then cut in half lengthwise and remove yolks, keeping whites intact.  In a large bowl mash the yolks and crab meat. Mix the mayonnaise, cumin, paprika, pepper and salt. Make sure all ingredients are nice and blended.  Stuff mixture into egg whites covering entire top. Place thin slice of pickle on top of each egg mixture.

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