Avocado Egg Salad Sandwich

This Avocado Egg Salad Sandwich has all the delicious goodnes of classic egg salad but with an upgrade in healthy fats and flavor. It’s perfect for packing as a lunch wrap or as a sandwich.

Need more ideas for those ripe avocados on your counter? Now you have one and this recipe makes a solid lunch, both kids and adults can enjoy.

Is Egg Salad Healthy?

Traditionally, egg salad uses mayonnaise to blend the ingredients and give it that creamy flavor. However, I wanted to make a healthier version by swapping the mayo for mashed avocado. Compared to mayonnaise, avocados are more nutritionally dense with unsaturated “good fats” that also help you to absorb vitamins A, D, K, and E included in the fruit. 

Eggs are also an excellent source of protein and B vitamins, so I’d say the whole avocado egg salad combo is a healthy choice, wouldn’t you? 

It’s simple and delicious recipes like this one that helps parents pull off mealtimes without a glitch. You’ll find them inside the MOMables Classic Meal Plan. Download a sample meal plan here.

Avocado Egg Salad Ingredients

Save time by boiling and peeling hard-boiled eggs beforehand. I often do this at the beginning of the week; that way I have everything ready to assemble a healthy and satisfying meal, quickly.  Here’s what you’ll need to make this salad:

• 6 hard-boiled eggs
• 1 ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
• 1 tablespoon Greek yogurt (or any plain yogurt)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, optional
• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
• ½ teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
• ¼ teaspoon pepper, plus more to taste

How to Make Avocado Egg Salad with Greek Yogurt

Adding a tablespoon of full-fat Greek yogurt to this egg salad gives it a tangy, bright flavor without a lot of extra calories. Of course, you can use regular full-fat yogurt or even mayonnaise, if that’s what you have on hand. 

Here’s how to make it:

1. In a medium bowl, mash the avocado until smooth. 
2. Add the yogurt, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and pepper; stir to combine.
3. Add the eggs and gently fold to combine. Refrigerate and use within 1 day. 

Watch the video to see how it comes together.

https://youtu.be/T0s2ukqVnSo

Serving Avocado Egg Salad

Once, the egg salad is ready, you can serve it in a sandwich, wrap, or bed of lettuce with a side of fruit and veggies for a well-balanced lunch. 

It’s one of those items you can serve a couple of different ways and it will still taste good. I have an entire post and video on five different lunches you can make with egg salad, which you could apply with this recipe. 

However, if you’re looking for lunches you can prep days in advance, this avocado egg salad might not be it. Why? Well, avocadoes tend to brown quickly which can give this salad a brownish tint. Thanks to the addition of lemon juice, it maintains it’s green color a little longer, but after a day, it will start to brown and I don’t know a single kid who will touch it at that point. Can we blame them? 

If I’m making a batch for the family, I’ll prepare it right before assembling lunch or early that same morning. If it’s just for me then I make this salad the night before and look past any coloring- it’s still fresh, trust me. 

And if you want more lunches you can make days ahead, these meal prep lunch ideas are the perfect fit. Just keep this Avocado Egg Salad on hand for when you need something quick and simple. 

Now, let’s talk about ways to pack this for lunch!

Packing an Avocado Egg Salad Sandwich for Lunch 

Whether you choose to toast the bread or not, this egg salad sandwich makes an easy lunch to pack. Unlike other sandwiches or wraps, I don’t like to add a lot of ingredients, the salad itself is enough and this helps the entire lunch stay in tact. 

This same sandwich filling method works for my other favorite salads such as: 

• Southern Chicken Salad
• Mayo-Free Egg Salad
• Classis Egg Salad