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Tuna & Egg Salad Meal Prep

Tuna salad and egg salad in one — the protein-dense version of both, bound by mayo and Dijon, with chopped pickles, fresh dill, celery for crunch. Three lunches portioned with strawberries and crackers, ready to grab on the way out.

12m
12m
3 servings
Easy

The compromise nobody asked for and everybody should embrace: tuna salad and egg salad combined into one bowl. The egg adds richness that tuna alone lacks, the tuna brings depth that egg alone misses, and the result is more interesting than either parent. Plus the hardboiled eggs add textural variety — small soft bites in the middle of the flake-and-chunk tuna.

The meal-prep version goes in a three-compartment container: salad in the largest compartment, fresh berries (strawberries plus blueberries) in the next, crackers in the third. The crackers are critical — they become the vehicle, since you're not going to spoon the salad straight into your mouth at the office (probably). Wheat Thins, Triscuits, Multigrain Crisps, anything sturdy.

The photo shows three meal-prep containers stacked, each with the same contents: tuna-egg salad piled on the right (you can see chopped egg through the mixture), strawberries and blueberries on the upper-left, mini crackers on the lower-left. This is the lunch that requires zero brain power on a Monday morning.

Method

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  1. 01

    Hard-boil the eggs

    If you don't have boiled eggs ready: place 3 eggs in a saucepan,

  2. 02

    Drain the tuna

    Open the cans, press the lid down to drain, then press the tuna

  3. 03

    Mix

    In a bowl, combine the drained tuna, chopped eggs, mayo, Dijon,

  4. 04

    Portion

    Divide the salad evenly among three meal-prep containers, in the

  5. 05

    Refrigerate

    Seal and refrigerate. The salad keeps up to 4 days. The crackers in