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Egg Salad Bento Box

This 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.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Lunch, meal prep lunch
Cuisine American
Servings 1
Calories 525 kcal

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.
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.
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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

Calories: 525kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 19gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 379mgSodium: 7029mgPotassium: 1214mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 1991IUVitamin C: 41mgCalcium: 501mgIron: 4mg
Keyword Bento Box Lunch, Egg Salad, Egg Salad Bento Box
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