Healthy Egg Salad with Basil

This healthy egg salad with basil is a flavorful and simple lunch idea; it’s made with Greek yogurt and Dijon mustard instead of mayonnaise. 

Tired of your standard lunch options? Alex and I pretty formulaic when it comes to lunch, since we save most of our creativity for our big meal of the day (dinner). However, we’ve been in need of some motivation to mix it up! This year, we’ve come up with lunch ideas using various ingredients from our local winter farmer’s market. The market has some great egg vendors, and, a luxury to us in the middle of winter, loads of lovely fresh basil. So we thought, why not make a healthy egg salad recipe? Keep reading for the recipe.

Related: Everything Hard-boiled Eggs

How to make healthy egg salad

For this healthy egg salad recipe, we wanted to make an egg salad without mayo. After much experimentation, we found that Greek yogurt and Dijon mustard make for an excellent substitute for mayo. Using Greek yogurt helps the healthy egg salad to taste fresh and nourishing, versus overly rich.

The hardest part of making egg salad? Boiling the eggs! Here’s our perfect boiled eggs. It’s our master method for boiling eggs perfectly every time, and it also includes instructions for peeling them. For this healthy egg salad, once the eggs are prepared, it’s very simple to whip up! Just chop the eggs and stir them together with the remaining ingredients. One final twist for this recipe: basil! It adds a delicious fresh element to the egg salad. This recipe is perfect for pairing with bread, pita, or fresh veggies. Give it a try to spice up your lunchtime!

Related: 15 Easy Vegetarian Lunch Ideas

Looking for lunch ideas?

Outside of this healthy egg salad, here are a few other lunch ideas:

• Hummus or garlic herb white bean dip, veggies and crackers, cheese slices
  
• Easy Chickpea Salad Sandwich
  
• Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich
  
• Hummus and Veggie Roll Ups
• Ricotta & White Bean Fancy Toast
• Chickpea Salad with pita or crackers
  
• Creamy Vegan Tomato Soup and multigrain bread
  
• Turmeric Egg Avo Toast
  
• Vegan Italian Pasta Salad

Looking for hard-boiled egg recipes?

Outside of this healthy egg salad, here are a few other hard-boiled egg recipe ideas:

• Smoky Deviled Eggs
  
• Smoked Cheddar Hard Boiled Eggs Grilled Cheese
  
• Roasted Two-Potato Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
  
• Radish and Egg Salad Sandwich
  
• Vegetarian Cobb Salad
  
• Grilled Romaine Salad with Tuna (Salade Nicoise)
  
• Easy Salad Bar Ideas

Healthy Egg Salad with Basil

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• Author: a Couple Cooks
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Cook Time: 0 minutes
• Total Time: 20 minutes
• Yield: 4
• Category: Main Dish
• Method: Stovetop
• Cuisine: American

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This healthy egg salad with basil is a flavorful and simple lunch idea; it’s made with Greek yogurt and Dijon mustard instead of mayonnaise.

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Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 12 leaves fresh basil
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• Fresh ground pepper

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Instructions

1. Hard boil the eggs, according to the Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs or Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs methods.
2. Peel and roughly chop the eggs. Thinly slice (chiffonade) 12 leaves of basil. Finely mince the 1/2 red onion.
3. In a bowl, combine the eggs, basil, and red onion with 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, and fresh ground pepper. Taste and add more seasonings as desired. Keeps for two days refrigerated (add additional fresh basil when serving for a fresher taste).

Keywords: Egg Salad, Basil, Vegetarian, Hard Boiled Eggs, Sandwich, Vegetarian Sandwich Recipe,

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Sonja Overhiser

Cookbook Author and writer

Sonja Overhiser is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best healthy cookbooks of 2018. She’s host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the food blog A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Sonja seeks to inspire adventurous eating to make the world a better place one bite at a time.

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Alex Overhiser

Cookbook Author and photographer

Alex Overhiser is an acclaimed food photographer and author based in Indianapolis. He’s host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the recipe website A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Alex is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best vegetarian cookbooks by Epicurious.

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