My super traditional Homemade Egg Salad Salad recipe has the perfect balance of creamy-crunchy texture and a light-but-rich lemon herb dressing. If you’re feeling lazy and craving protein, whip up a batch of this hard boiled egg salad with celery and dill—it can be made in just 15 minutes flat!

If you’ve been on the hunt for a simple egg salad recipe that ticks all the flavor and textural boxes, you can finally rest! This, my friends, is the elusively superlative recipe you’ve been looking for. And, you only need 8 ingredients (plus seasonings) and 15 minutes to make it. You’re welcome.

About this egg salad salad

Is it just me, or is a classic diner the most comforting 3rd space in the world" It’s a place where you can order diner home fries, snappy bacon hot dogs, coffee, pulled pork sandwiches, a short stack of golden brown pancakes, fluffy omelets, AND strawberry milkshakes at any time of day"
But of all the delicious fare to choose from, there’s one that I consistently use as my diner benchmark: the perfect egg sandwich. So, why is that the yardstick by which I measure a diner’s worth" Because SO MANY things can go wrong. You’d think it’d be an easy thing to nail, but I’ve had versions that are too soft, too gloppy, too bland, too watery. I’m telling you: find a diner that has a good recipe for egg salad, and the rest of the menu is sure to be aces.

As a bona fide ...