This make-ahead egg salad bento box is a perfect combination of flavors and textures. The creamy egg salad, made with perfectly boiled eggs, red onions, capers, pickles and a hint of mayonnaise, takes center stage. It’s nestled alongside honey mustard pretzel thins for dipping and fresh fruit for additional nutrients and fiber. This egg salad bento box is a wholesome choice for a healthy and easy lunch, full of important nutrients your body needs to thrive!
You can enjoy this delicious egg salad year round. It is so easy to make and so delicious and flavorful.
If you love this make-ahead egg salad recipe, you will absolutely love my sub in a tub salad and my salmon salad recipe. All of these recipes are so delicious and perfect for a healthy and balanced lunch!
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Ingredients
- Hard Boiled Eggs, Sliced
- Red Onions, Chopped
- Capers
- Dill Pickles, Chopped
- Avocado Oil Mayo
- Pepper
- Pickle Seasoning from Trader Joe’s
- Honey mustard pretzel thins
- Cotton candy grapes
- Strawberries
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
- Use a hardboiled egg slicer to slice the hardboiled eggs and place them into a bowl along with chopped red onions, capers, chopped dil pickles, mayo, pepper and pickle seasoning. Use a fork to mash all the ingredients together until everything is well combined.
- Add into your favorite bento box in one compartment followed by honey mustard pretzel thins in a separate compartment. Then add in your fruit into the third compartment.
Hint: If you are prepping this in advance and you are using crackers, make sure to wrap them up with seran wrap to prevent the crackers from getting soggy.
I personally would recommend storing the egg salad into an air tight container and preparing the bento box the day you plan to consume it!
Substitutions
- Mayo – feel free to use your favorite mayo- classic, olive oil or homemade are all fine.
- Gluten-Free– Choose gluten-free crackers to make this recipe gluten-free.
This recipe is already dairy-free and vegetarian.
Variations
- Spicy – add chili pepper flakes to the egg salad
- Honey Pretzel Thins -feel free to substitute crackers for naan dippers, seed crackers or your favorite ritz crackers.
- Fruit– feel free to substitute the strawberries and grapes for whatever fruit you have on hand. Also feel free to substitute for veggies such as sliced carrots, cucumbers or peppers.
- Toddler friendly– I would skip the capers and rinse the pickles in the egg salad to reduce sodium content to make this recipe toddler-friendly.
This recipe is kid friendly!
Equipment
Although it’s not absolutely necessary, I recommend using an egg slicer to make this process easier.
This is the glass bento box container I used for this bento box.
Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission if you choose to purchase through qualifying links.
Storage
Store this make-ahead recipe in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Top tip
I personally recommend storing the egg salad into an air tight container and preparing the bento box the day you plan to consume it!
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Egg Salad Bento Box
Equipment
- 1 glass bento box container
- 1 Egg Slicer
Ingredients
- 2 Large Hard Boiled Eggs Sliced
- ¼ Medium Red Onion Chopped
- 1 Tablespoon Capers
- 5 Slices Dill Pickles Chopped
- 1 Tablespoon Avocado Oil Mayo
- ¼ Teaspoon Pepper
- ¼ Teaspoon Pickle Seasoning from Trader Joe’s
- ½ Cup Honey mustard pretzel thins
- ¼ Cup Cotton candy grapes
- ¼ Cup Strawberries
Instructions
- Use a hardboiled egg slicer to slice the hardboiled eggs and place them into a bowl along with chopped red onions, capers, chopped dil pickles, mayo, pepper and pickle seasoning. Use a fork to mash all the ingredients together until everything is well combined.
- Add into your favorite bento box in one compartment followed by honey mustard pretzel thins in a separate compartment. Then add in your fruit into the third compartment.
- Hint: If you are prepping this in advance and you are using crackers, make sure to wrap them up with seran wrap to prevent the crackers from getting soggy.I personally would recommend storing the egg salad into an air tight container and preparing the bento box the day you plan to consume it!
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Notes
Substitutions
- Mayo – feel free to use your favorite mayo- classic, olive oil or homemade are all fine.
- Gluten-Free– Choose gluten-free crackers to make this recipe gluten-free.
Variations
- Spicy – add chili pepper flakes to the egg salad
- Honey Pretzel Thins -feel free to substitute crackers for naan dippers, seed crackers or your favorite ritz crackers.
- Fruit– feel free to substitute the strawberries and grapes for whatever fruit you have on hand. Also feel free to substitute for veggies such as sliced carrots, cucumbers or peppers.
- Toddler friendly– I would skip the capers and rinse the pickles in the egg salad to reduce sodium content to make this recipe toddler-friendly.
Equipment
Although it’s not absolutely necessary, I recommend using an egg slicer to make this process easier. This is the glass bento box container I used for this bento box. Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission if you choose to purchase through qualifying links.Storage
Store in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.Top tip
I personally recommend storing the egg salad into an air tight container and preparing the bento box the day you plan to consume it!Nutrition
Food safety
- Don’t leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
Andy says
The pickles made this 10/10