Video Healthy Egg Salad – Eating Bird Food

This healthy egg salad is made with Greek yogurt instead of mayo. It’s lighter in calories, but still packed with flavor. Perfect served with crackers or on a sandwich.

I love egg salad! Like really love. I’ve shared a curried egg salad and an avocado egg salad, but somehow I’ve never shared my go-to egg salad recipe with you… until today!

This is a great staple recipe to have in your back pocket! It’s so simple to make and can be eaten a million different ways, which makes it perfect for meal prep.

Classic egg salad is made with mayonnaise, but in true EBF fashion, we’re lightning things up with full-fat Greek yogurt, which works well as a sub for mayo. I’m seriously obsessed with this recipe. I could eat it every week, it’s so good!

A plate with a slice of bread topped with healthy egg salad.

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Once your eggs are cooked this salad comes together in about 5 minutes!
It’s made with Greek yogurt instead of mayo, so has less fat and calories than traditional egg salad!
It’s perfect for meal prep. Make a batch over the weekend so you have lunches ready to go for the week.

Ingredients measured out to make healthy egg salad: hard-boiled eggs, chives, dijon, salt, pepper and plain Greek yogurt.

Ingredients Needed

hard-boiled eggs – here is a full tutorial on how to hard boil eggs!
plain Greek yogurt – ditch the mayo for Greek yogurt! It’s packed with healthy fats and the perfect creamy base for this salad. You can use whatever fat level you like for the yogurt. I buy full-fat for my daughter so that’s typically what I use.
dijon mustard – adds great flavor to this salad.
chives – it wouldn’t be egg salad without chives!
sea salt and pepper – for seasoning.
fresh parsley or dill – these are optional, but I wouldn’t skip the fresh herbs! The fresh flavor adds so much and brings the dish altogether.

Side by side photos of healthy egg salad, before and after mixing the ingredients together.

How to Make Healthy Egg Salad

Once your eggs are cooked it takes about 5 minutes total to prep this salad! Here’s how:

Make hard-boiled eggs – Use my guide for how to make hard-boiled eggs. Once eggs have fully cooled, peel and chop for egg salad. You can make these a day or two in advance if you’d like!

Combine ingredients – Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Top with fresh herbs and enjoy!

A plate with a slice of bread topped with healthy egg salad. The slice has been cut in half.

Substitutions & Notes

Add some crunch – Add some fresh celery to your egg salad for some crunch!

Spice it up – Mix in some Sriracha for some spice or smoked paprika for a little smokiness.

Chives – If you don’t have chives on hand, feel free to skip them or swap them with chopped onion.

A hand holding up a piece of bread topped with healthy egg salad.

How to Serve Egg Salad

There are so many ways to serve this healthy egg salad. Here are some serving suggestions:

With crackers: Serve this egg salad with crackers for a snack or an appetizer. Try my almond flour crackers.
As a sandwich: Make egg salad sandwiches by serving on sourdough bread. I love adding a slice of tomato, red onion, and lettuce to make it a full sandwich.
Over greens: Top a bed of greens with this egg salad for a meal-sized salad or serve it in lettuce leaves for lettuce wraps.

Prepping and Storing Egg Salad

Egg salad is the perfect meal prep recipe! Double or triple this recipe for healthy meals and snacks all week long. After mixing all of the ingredients together, store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge. The salad will keep for 3-5 days.