Egg salad is such a simple and quick dish and a real favourite with people following any of the Weight Watchers plans. It works out under 150 calories per cup serving.
A serving of this Egg Salad will work out at 1 Point on most of the WW Plans, including the WW Points plan (2023 / 2024) You can track it straight to your WW App by clicking on the blue button in recipe card at the bottom of the page!
If you still follow the older WW plans then this recipe works out at 1 SmartPoint per serving on the Blue and Purple plan and 5 SmartPoints for anyone following the Green plan.
By using a low fat mayonnaise option, using a touch of mustard & a sprinkling of paprika for added flavour and some crunchy green onions for texture, this dish has become a firm favourite WW lunch recipe of mine.
I like to eat a serving of it on top of a piece of Low Point Bread, open sandwich style, or alternatively as an addition to a fresh green salad.
Either way it is tasty, filling and best of all it is low in Points.
Please be aware that this post was written prior to Weight Watchers changing to the WW Points Plan. Scroll down the page to check how many Points it works out on the 2023 - 2024 WW Points Plan, as well as some of the older Weight Watchers plans.
Most people have their favourite 'go to' Egg Salad recipe (or egg mayo recipe) but they can be quite high in Points if you use standard mayonnaise.
If you were to use a standard mayo such as Hellmann's real mayonnaise the Point value of this recipe would increase by 3 Points per serving!
By using a fat free / very low fat mayonnaise and jazzing it up with some additional flavours and some crunchy green onion (spring onions), you get the experience of a tasty homemade Egg Salad (of the pre WW days) but without the Points!
Which Mayonnaise should I use?
- Use Hellmann's Lighter than Light Mayonnaise for this recipe to work out at 1 Point per serving on the Blue and Purple plans and 5 Points per serving on the Green plan.
- Likewise, Kraft Fat Free Mayo works out at 1 SmartPoint for 2 tablespoons making this recipe 1 SmartPoint per serving on the Blue and Purple plans and 5 SmartPoint per serving on the Green plan.
- Hellman's Light Mayonnaise works out a little higher in SmartPoints. It would work out as 2 SmartPoints per portion on the Blue and Purple plan and 6 SmartPoints per portion on the Green plan.
Having problems peeling your eggs?
Like many people I have experienced the utter frustration at peeling eggs.
I have picked up many tips over the years some which seem to really help, some which seemed utterly pointless 😀 (so needless to say I haven't included those here!)
- Don't use very fresh eggs! The fresher the eggs, the harder they are to peel.
- Leave fresh eggs to sit in the fridge for several days before trying to hard boil them.
- If you do use very fresh eggs, add a little baking soda to the water to help the peeling process a little.
- Once boiled, if you are finding the eggs difficult to peel, crack the shell the whole way round then place them in some cold water to soak for a short time before trying to peel them again.
- A little like the tip above, place the eggs in a plastic container, add a little cold water, place the lid on the container and shake till the egg shells crack. Leave to soak for a few minutes before removing and peeling.
More WW Egg recipes!
With eggs being 'zero heroes' on the Blue and Purple plans, cooking with eggs is very popular amongst Weight Watchers.
These Devilled Eggs are particularly popular at zero SmartPoints on the Blue & Purple plans.
I absolutely LOVE this recipe for Baked Egg Custard which works out at 3 SmartPoints per desert on the Blue and Purple plans and 4 SmartPoints on the Green plan.
Lastly, these Scotch Eggs are a little fiddly to prepare but make the most fantastic low point and filling lunch.
Points in Egg Salad!
Over the years I have used the official WW recipe builder to work out the WW Points for each of my recipes. Below are a list of Points for the most recent plan and some of the older plans.
- WW Points Plan (2023 / 2024) - 1 Point per serving
- Freestyle Plan - 1 Point per serving
- myWW Green Plan - 5 Points per serving
- myWW Purple Plan - 1 Point per serving
- myWW Blue Plan - 1 Point per serving
Egg Salad | Weight Watchers
Ingredients
- 4 medium eggs
- 2 tablespoons fat free / low fat mayonnaise see notes
- 2 green onions / spring onions chopped
- ⅛ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon yellow mustard
- Salt & pepper tp taste
Instructions
- Place the eggs in a saucepan with enough cold water to just cover them.
- Bring the water to a rapid boil & then remove the saucepan from the heat.
- Cover the saucepan and leave to sit for 12 minutes.
- After 12 minutes of sitting in the hot water the eggs should be hard boiled and can be carefully removed.
- Cool under cold running water and then peel.
- Chop up the eggs and place in a bowl with the chopped onions,
- In a separate bowl combine the mayonnaise, paprika & mustard.
- Stir the mayonnaise mixture into the eggs and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve with a sprinkling of paprika on top.
Shan says
I’ve been looking for a Point friendly egg salad and this sounds delicious! What is the serving size?
sam says
can not wait to try! what is the serving size for this? might try adding in some bacon on days I am lower in points used!
Mindy Spoor says
Serving size? Also, what would points per serving be if my Mayo is 1 point per Tbls?
Christy says
Serving size please ?
Laura says
On the nutrition label listed it says one cup is the serving size.
Jo Brown says
I love my Instant Pot for hard boiled eggs. They come out perfect every time. No more frustration peeling eggs.