The secret to creamy egg salad is cottage cheese! With an irresistible dressing, keto cottage cheese egg salad make lunch fun again.
What Is Egg Salad
Traditionally served on top of toasted bread as a sandwich, egg salad is a classic American lunch. The recipe for basic egg salad has been around for decades.
The most basic egg salad usually consists of hard boiled eggs and celery in a creamy mayonnaise dressing. From that basic idea, there are a ton of different ways that you can build on it and change it up!
In order to make it a high-protein lunch, I swapped the mayonnaise with cottage cheese. The result is even creamier and better for you!
Shopping List
Before you make your keto cottage cheese egg salad, this is what you’ll need from the store. All of the exact ingredient amounts are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Hard Boiled Eggs
- Cottage Cheese
- Green Onions
- Matchstick Carrots
- Celery
- Bacon Pieces
- Dijon Mustard
- Parsley
- Dill
- Salt and Pepper
Ingredient Swaps
There are a few ways that you can change things in this recipe to save yourself time or to make it taste differently the next time. If you make any changes, please let me know. I’d love to hear!
- Cottage Cheese – Even though it’s the basis of this recipe, you can swap it out and use ricotta cheese instead.
- Celery – This is optional, so either leave it out or replace celery with thinly sliced cucumbers
- Bacon – Use turkey bacon instead of pork bacon.
Best Spices For Egg Salad
No matter which spices you use, I suggest you use fresh herbs, not dried ones. Dried herbs have muted flavors and aromas, and so they don’t stand out in egg salad.
For egg salad, use a bold and fresh herb. I used fresh parsley with fresh dill. Instead of dill you can use fresh cilantro as a garnish. It tastes incredible with the dill!
How Long Does Egg Salad Last
Egg salad is the perfect thing to add to your meal prep. It’s ready when you are. Store leftover egg salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days.
Don’t add the fresh herbs until right before you eat it. That way they won’t get soft as it sits in the fridge. I do not recommend freezing egg salad. It changes the texture too much.
What To Eat With Egg Salad
Since this egg salad is made with cottage cheese and bacon, it’s a really filling and delicious lunch. If you’re going to add some sides to it, make some lighter keto sides with it.
Keto zucchini ribbons are topped with bacon and have a bold flavor. (Plus, you get extra bacon!)
For a light-but-filling lunch, serve this egg salad with soup. In fact, Creamy TikTok Ramen is fantastic with egg salad.
Switch up the flavors and make Instant Pot zuppa toscana soup. It’s a classic Italian soup that tastes just like the kind from Olive Garden.
Making It
Here are the step-by-step pictures of the process that you’ll follow to make this filling and delicious keto cottage cheese egg salad recipe. All of the ingredients and instructions are located in the printable recipe card just a little bit further below.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Servings: 4
Net Carbs: 4 net carbs per serving
Directions
Add all of the ingredients to a mixing bowl, and carefully stir to combine well.
Serve immediately, or chill before serving if desired.
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Keto Cottage Cheese Egg Salad
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 4 Hard Boiled Eggs chopped
- 1 cup Cottage Cheese
- 1/4 cup Green Onions chopped
- 1/4 cup Matchstick Carrots
- 1/3 cup Celery chopped
- 1/4 cup Bacon pieces
- 2 tsp Dijon Mustard
- 2 tbsp Fresh Chopped Parsley
- 1 tbsp Fresh Chopped Dill
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a mixing bowl, and carefully stir to combine well.
- Serve immediately, or chill before serving if desired.
Notes
Egg Salad Recipes
If you enjoyed making (and eating) keto cottage cheese egg salad, here are some more easy keto salad recipes you and your kids will enjoy too.
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