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Easy Tuna Egg Salad (Keto & Gluten-Free)

With minimal steps and a handful of fresh ingredients, this Easy Tuna Egg Salad will keep you full and satisfied. Served overtop a garden of fresh greens, this recipe will give regular salad a run for its money.

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Easy Tuna Egg Salad served with fresh greens

This flexible and Easy Tuna Egg Salad makes for a quick lunch you can throw together in a pinch. Serve it overtop a bed of greens, take it to go in a portable Weck Jar, or include it in a wrap. No matter how you enjoy it, this is a high-protein and keto-friendly option that will keep your body nourished all day long.

What kind of tuna is best?

There are a handful of tuna options you could use in this salad, but it will come down to your personal preference and desire for quality. My personal favorite is a high-quality albacore tuna with sea salt. With a dolphin-safe label and no added water or oil, I highly recommend using this or a similar option.

Albacore vs. Chunk Light Tuna

While this recipe calls for albacore tuna, you could use chunk light as an alternative. Albacore offers large, meaty pieces and has an excellent texture. If you’re looking for a large forkful of meaty tuna while enjoying your Easy Tuna Egg Salad, then albacore is where it’s at.

The alternative is a lighter, softer option. Canned chunk light has more water and the pieces are significantly smaller and flakier. It’s a cost-effective option that will still produce a delicious salad.

Easy Tuna Egg Salad served with fresh greens and veggies

How to Make Easy Tuna Egg Salad

Lucky for you, there are only a handful of simple steps to create this Easy Tuna Egg Salad.

If you fall in love with this dish and want to make it all the time, it’s a great idea to keep a few hard boiled eggs on hand in the fridge. Once these are prepped, the hard work is basically over.

This is a creamy salad with healthy fat from avocado and mayonnaise, and protein from the eggs and tuna. To really elevate this dish, I’ve included some great additions to include in the salad, with my favorites being avocado, cornichons, and green onion. To the greens, add fresh tomatoes and bell peppers for crunch and a pop of colour. Consider finishing the salad off with fresh dill or paprika in addition to lemon juice for an extra savoury meal.

Once you have everything chopped and mixed in a bowl, you’re done and ready to eat!

Serving your tuna egg salad

This is a beautiful, fresh meal that I personally love to prep and pack for lunches for my husband and I throughout the week.

If you opt to pack up your Easy Tuna Egg Salad for school or work lunches, grab a mason or Weck jar. Add a couple scoops of the tuna egg salad, then top with fresh greens and vegetables. I personally love arugula for its peppery flavor and ability to withstand moisture, unlike romaine or spinach.

If you want to mix it up throughout the week, use the tuna egg salad in wraps or sandwiches, or enjoy with crackers for a low-carb, protein-full snack.

Avoid the panic of whipping together a subpar lunch and quickly prep this delicious, nutritious EASY TUNA EGG SALAD instead!

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5 from 5 votes

Easy Tuna Egg Salad (Keto & Gluten-Free)

With minimal preparation using a handful of fresh ingredients, this Easy Tuna Egg Salad will keep you full and satisfied. Served overtop a garden of fresh greens, this recipe will give regular salad a run for its money.

Prep Time10 mins

Total Time10 mins

Course: Appetizer, Lunch

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 30 minute meal, appetizer, deviled eggs, egg salad, eggs, gluten free, healthy salad, keto, salad, seafood

Calories: 685kcal

Author: Lena Gladstone

Ingredients

Tuna Egg Salad

5 oz can of Wild Planet albacore wild tuna or tuna of your choice drained
2 hard boiled eggs peeled and chopped
1/2 avocado cubed
2 tbsp mayonaise (store bought or use my homemade recipe)
1/2 tbsp dijon mustard
5 conichorns or dill pickle finely chopped

Green Salad

2-4 cups arugula
4-8 baby tomatoes halved
¼-½ bell peppers sliced
lemon wedge
Everything But The Bagel seasoning

Instructions

Once all of your ingredients are prepped, add them to a large bowl and mix.
If serving all at once, add the arugula to a serving bowl and top with the finished tuna egg salad. Add the chopped tomatoes, bell peppers, and Everything But The Bagel seasoning.
Add a lemon wedge and squeeze overtop right before serving.

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Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs (3g net Carbs)

by lena

A perfect twist on classic deviled eggs, my Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs make for a filling snack or flavorful addition to the brunch table. Topped with all your favorites, you’ll have a hard time stopping at just one!

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Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs served on a white plate and topped with Lena's Kitchen pickled onions, sliced tomatoes, sausage, cornichons, and capers.

Perfect For Any Occasion

A classic meal, appetizer, or snack, Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs will go perfectly with Easter brunch, on Super Bowl Sunday, as a colorful addition to a charcuterie board, or for a fancy take on your usual afternoon snack. On their own, hard boiled eggs are packed with protein and are both yummy and filling. With the perfect amount of seasoning and tons of drool-worthy toppings, you’ll have a hard time stopping at just one.

How To Hard Boil Eggs On Stove Top

One of the more simple methods to cooking eggs, hard boiling involves boiling whole eggs in water until the whites and yolks are solidified. You’ve probably heard of soft, medium, and hard boiled eggs, which refers to the texture of the yolk. Since we’ll be piping the finished filling onto the egg whites, it’s better for the yolk to be solid and dry.

There are three steps to the traditional process:

Add eggs to a pot of cold water and bring to a boil.
After boiling anywhere from 8 to 10 minutes (for a dryer yolk, boil up to 10 minutes), remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and immediately place them in an ice bath.
Once they’re cooled, peel off the shell. Slice and enjoy!

Hard boiling the eggs in an Instant Pot is even better, as it will save you the time and effort that usually comes with cooking and watching the eggs on a stove top.

How To Hard Boil Eggs In An Instant Pot

If you have an Instant Pot, I definitely recommend using it for this recipe. Rather than watching and timing the eggs as they cook, you can “set it and forget it” using my instructions:

Place a stainless steel strainer/steamer basket in the bowl of the Instant Pot.
Pour 1 cup of water into the bowl, then place the eggs in the strainer/steamer basket. Put the lid on and secure it by locking it in the closed position.
Press Manual, then the minus button until you reach 6 minutes on the display. Set on High Pressure. Make sure the vent on the top of the lid is in the closed position. It will take about 4 to 5 minutes to reach pressure.
While the eggs are cooking, fill a large bowl with ice and cold water. Prep the deviled eggs garnishes and toppings as well.
When the eggs are done, use an oven mitt to turn the vent valve to release the steam. Wait until all of the steam/pressure has escaped before removing the lid.
Immediately place eggs into the ice bath and allow them to cool for a couple minutes.
Carefully tap each egg on a hard surface a few times to loosen the shell, then peel entirely. Slice in half and enjoy!

Grating the egg yolks for the filling. Other ingredients ready to be added in are pickled onion, mustard, paprika, and mayo.

How To Make The Filling

This filling is super easy and takes no time at all to put together. One of the best tricks I’ve learned for this recipe is to use a zester or fine cheese grater to grate the yolks. This will result in fluffy yolks without any imperfect clumps. Add the mayo, salt, smoked paprika, mustard and finely chopped pickled onions to the bowl with the yolks and stir to combine.

We want the Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs to look their best, which is why we’ll be piping the filling into the egg whites. I used a piping bag with a star tip and piped about one to two tablespoons of filling into each egg. If you don’t have these tools, simply add the filling to a Ziploc bag and cut off one corner.

The filling and eggs can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge either separately or with the filling piped onto the whites. Either way, do not add the toppings until you’re ready to serve.

Preparing egg yolk filling with grated egg yolk, pickled onion, mustard, paprika, and mayo.

Top The Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs With All Your Favorites

Here’s a rule of thumb: the more toppings on these eggs, the better. Seriously, they look even better packed with colorful and tasty garnishes! You can add any favorites you like, but here’s what I would suggest:

Lena’s Kitchen Pickled Onions
your favorite sausage, sliced thinly and sauteed
bacon
smoked salmon
radishes
cornichons or your favorite pickles
cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced
capers
fresh herbs
Everything But The Bagel seasoning
smoked or regular paprika
homemade mayo or store-bought
dijon mustard, such as Grey Poupon (not yellow mustard)

Preparing deviled eggs with egg yolk filling. Toppings in separate serving dishes. Radishes, pickled onions, sausages, everything but the bagel seasoning, dill, capers, tomatoes, cornichons.

Serve These Appetizers Alongside The Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs

For the best brunch ever or an impressive party spread, make sure to include these appetizers as well:

Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs on a serving tray. Topped with pickled onions, capers, sausage, tomatoes, and cornichons.

If you try these Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs let me know what you think! Rate and review this recipe in the comments below. Don’t forget to take a picture and tag me on Instagram @lenaskitchenblog!

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5 from 4 votes

FULLY LOADED KETO DEVILED EGGS

A perfect twist on classic deviled eggs, my Fully Loaded Keto Deviled Eggs make for a filling snack or flavorful addition to the brunch table. Topped with all your favorites, you’ll have a hard time stopping at just one!

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time15 mins

Course: Appetizer, Party Food

Cuisine: American

Keyword: appetizer, deviled eggs, egg, keto, low carb, whole30

Servings: servings

Calories: 162kcal

Author: Lena Gladstone

Ingredients

EGGS FILLING

12 large eggs hard-boiled, then egg yolks, finely grated
½ cup mayonnaise
¼ tsp sea salt
2 tbsp LENASKITCHEN PICKLED ONIONS finely chopped
1 tbsp dijon mustard
¼ tsp smoked paprika

EGG TOPPINGS

1 smoked sausage cut into 24 thin slices and pan-fried
6 cherry tomatoes cut in half, and then into 24 thin slices
3 radishes cut in half, and then sliced into 24 thin slices
24 capers
12 slices LENASKITCHEN PICKLED ONIONS cut into 1" slices
24 pieces dill or any other fresh herbs
Everything But The Bagel seasoning

Instructions

STOVE TOP DIRECTIONS

Place your eggs in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat, then cover and remove the pot from the heat. Set aside for 8 to 10 minutes.
Once cooked, transfer the hard boiled eggs to a bowl of ice water using a slotted spoon. Allow them to cool completely.
One at a time, crack the bottom, wider end of each egg against the bowl or a hard surface, then hold the egg under cold running water and peel.

INSTANT POT DIRECTIONS

Plug in your Instant Pot. Place stainless steel strainer/steamer basket in the Instant Pot stainless steel bowl (this comes with the Instant Pot). Pour 1 cup of water into the bowl. Place eggs on the stainless steel strainer/steamer basket, put on the lid, and secure it by locking it in the closed position.
Press the MANUAL button, then the minus button until you reach 6 minutes on the display. Set on High Pressure and make sure the vent on the top of the lid is in the closed position. It will take 4 to 5 minutes to get to pressure.
While the eggs are cooking, get a large bowl ready with ice and cold water (for the ice bath). Prep the deviled eggs garnish ingredients.
When it's done, use an oven mitt turn the vent valve to release the steam. Wait until all of the steam/pressure has escaped to remove the lid. Immediately place eggs into the ice bath. Allow eggs to soak and cool for a minute or two to stop the cooking process.
Peel the shell from the eggs and then carefully slice in half. I like to carefully hit the eggs a few times on a hard surface and then use my palm to roll the shell in the middle for easy peeling.

DEVILED EGGS FILLING & TOPPINGS

In a medium size mixing bowl, grate your egg yolk on the finest cheese grater section. This makes for the fluffiest and non clumpy texture. Add in the mayo, salt, smoked paprika, mustard, and finely chopped Lenas Kitchen pickled onions. Stir to combine.
Use a piping bag or makeshift piping bag from a Ziploc bag with one corner cut off to fill the egg white halves until you have used up all of the egg yolk mixture.
Cut up one cooked sausage into 12 thin slices, then cut in the slices in half and sauté until slightly crispy on both sides. Let cool and add one slice per deviled egg. If vegetarian, you can add extra veggies.
Cut 2 fresh radishes in half, then thinly slice for garnish. Add a few slices next to the sausage. Cut pickled onions into 1" pieces. Cut the tomatoes into thin slices. Arrange these toppings on the eggs along with one caper.
Add in small pieces of dill or your favorite herbs. Sprinkle all the eggs with Everything But The Bagel seasoning and enjoy!

Notes

The filling and eggs can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge either separately or with the filling piped onto the whites. Either way, do not add the toppings until you’re ready to serve.

Nutrition

xoxo,
LENA

INSTANT POT DEVILED EGGS

by lena

Want to learn how to make the easiest full proof INSTANT POT DEVILED EGGS? You came to the right place. I mean technically I’ll teach you my easy instant pot hard boiled eggs first.