Vegan Egg Salad | Healthy Lunch Ideas

I’m all about easy and healthy lunch ideas that take minutes to prepare and are convenient to transport to work, school or just on the go. Today I’m teaming up with my awesome friend Candice from The EdgyVeg to turn your traditional lunch favourites like egg & tuna salad and giving them a vegan makeover, 2 ways!

Easy Vegan Egg Salad Recipe | Healthy Lunch Ideas

I’m going to be sharing my vegan egg salad recipe and Candice is whipping up one of the best vegan tuna salad concoctions I’ve ever tried!

This is one of the easiest lunch recipes I’ve ever made and I promise you it actually tastes and looks like the real deal. Most vegan egg salad recipes use tofu but I really wanted to provide an option that uses ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. The mixture of chickpeas and white kidney beans creates the perfect texture that actually resembles egg.
Easy Vegan Egg Salad Recipe | Healthy Lunch Ideas

When I say this recipe is easy I’m mean it’s EASY. No boiling or peeling of eggs and you can throw all the ingredients into your food processor and blend until smooth and that’s about it. I personally like to store the “egg” salad in an airtight container in the fridge overnight for the flavours to infuse, but you can totally just eat it straight out of the bowl! This vegan egg salad is full of protein and fiber from the beans and it won’t stink up your lunchroom with that egg smell if you know what I mean 😉

The first option is a lemon and dill flavour on dark rye bread. Which if you haven’t had fresh dill in your egg salad before you must try this version. Fresh dill in general is amazing and I add it to a lot of things like salad dressings, dips, and whatever else I can manage to sprinkle it onto. Easy Vegan Egg Salad Recipe | Healthy Lunch Ideas

Option #2 is a curried egg salad version in a collard green wrap for some extra green power. A lot of people don’t think about adding curry to egg salads but its another combination that works really well. I mean curry is yellow, egg salad is yellow… seems logical to me, right?

Easy Vegan Egg Salad Recipe | Healthy Lunch Ideas

With both of these versions you can really add any veggies you like so go ahead and use whatever leftovers you have in your fridge and create some food art!

Easy Vegan Egg Salad Recipe | Healthy Lunch Ideas

Want some more healthy vegan lunch options? Don’t forget to check out the vegan tuna salad we made over on Candice’s channel HERE! 

Recipe

Easy Vegan Egg Salad

An easy tofu free vegan egg salad recipe.
Prep Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

Lemon Dill Egg Salad

  • 1 cup chickpeas
  • 1 cup white kidney beans
  • ¼ cup vegan mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp. capers
  • ½ lemon juiced
  • 1 green onion sliced
  • 1 tsp. fresh dill
  • ¼ tsp. paprika
  • ½ tsp. turmeric
  • ½ tsp. sea salt
  • ¼ tsp. black pepper

Sandwich Toppings

  • Dark rye sliced bread
  • Boston lettuce
  • Sliced tomato
  • Sliced dill pickles
  • Alfalfa sprouts

Curry Egg Salad

  • Add ¼ tsp. yellow curry powder to recipe above

Wrap Toppings

  • Collard greens
  • Julienned carrots
  • Red pepper sliced
  • Tomato sliced
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • Radish sliced

Instructions:

Directions

  • Place all ingredients into a food processor and pulse for roughly 15 seconds until smooth with a bit of texture.
  • Next, assemble your wrap or sandwich with desired toppings and enjoy!

Notes

*Best when stored in an airtight container and refrigerated overnight.

 

Let me know in the comments below which vegan egg salad was your favourite and if you recreate it, please use #HEALTHNUTEATS and tag me @urhealthnut so I can find your photos and double tap them 🙂   

Easy Vegan Egg Salad Recipe | Healthy Lunch Ideas

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    21 comments
    • Thank you! I think white kidney beans aka cannellini would be a good substitute for chickpeas! I haven’t tested it for this recipe but they work well for hummus so I’d suggest that!

  1. This was delicious! I try to avoid added fats, so I used an additional 1/2 cup of cannellini beans that were thoroughly creamed. Overnight in the fridge really lets the flavors marry. Thanks for the yummy lunch idea!

  2. Super tasty! Thank you. This is going to be a fabulous lunch at work tomorrow. We made the curry version on a collard green wrap. Yum!

  3. Currently, I do not own a food processor, will my vitamix do the job? FYI I am asking about the vegan egg salad receipe…thanks!!

  4. Currently, I do not own a food processor, will my vitamix do the job? FYI I am asking about the vegan egg salad receipe…thanks!

  5. Holy cow! Seriously the best recipe for egg salad sandwich ever! I feel like I’m eating egg :’) We’ve done it. ♡

  6. I have never liked egg salad, I find it icky! But I just made this egg salad, so delicious!! Can’t wait to let it sit in the fridge tonight, let the flavours grow and eat it tomorrow.

  7. I’ve never been a huge fan of egg salad sandwiches! What turned me off from them even MORE was their mayo sauce! Now that you made a healthy and vegan version, I would love to try it out!