Tuna Egg Salad Bento Box Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Tuna Salad Recipes. (Tuna Egg Salad Bento Box Recipe). A whimsical bento box with tuna egg salad in a tomato with cucumber, carrot flower cut-outs, and strawberry banana pineapple kebabs. Add a heart-shaped hard boiled egg and black olives to round out the bento box.

Brief

Prep 50 mins

Additional: 10 mins

Total: 1hr

Servings: 1

Yield: 1 bento box

Tuna Egg Salad Bento Box Recipe

Ingredients

1 (5 ounce) can water-packed tuna

drained and flaked

½ cup canola mayonnaise

1 hard-boiled egg

chopped

2 tablespoons finely chopped sweet onion

2 tablespoons chopped hamburger dill pickle chips

¼ teaspoon salt

2 tomatoes

1 banana

sliced

2 tablespoons lemon juice

toothpicks

1 (4 ounce) can pineapple chunks

drained

6 strawberries

2 carrots

divided

2 cucumbers

divided

black olives

1 hot hard-boiled egg

peeled

Salad

Directions

Step 1

Combine tuna mayonnaise chopped egg onion pickle chips and salt in a bowl to make tuna-egg salad.

Step 2

Place tomatoes on a flat work surface. Cut slits from the top towards the bottom to make partial wedges. Fill tomatoes with tuna salad.

Step 3

Dip banana slices in lemon juice. Thread a toothpick through a banana slice pineapple chunk and strawberry. Repeat assembling kebabs with the remaining fruit.

Step 4

Cut 1 carrot and 1 cucumber into 3/4-inch circles. Cut each carrot slice into the shape of a tulip using a small knife. Trim cucumber slices into leaves. Thread a leaf through a toothpick; insert a tulip on top. Repeat with the remaining leaves and tulips.

Step 5

Cut the other carrot and cucumber into 1/2-inch slices. Cut out mini carrot and cucumber flowers using a mini flower-shaped vegetable cutter.

Step 6

Place the hot egg in a heart-shaped egg mold; close the lid slowly and tightly. Soak the mold in a bowl of cold water for 10 minutes. Remove egg and drain on a paper towel.

Step 7

Arrange tuna-egg salad fruit kebabs tulips carrot and cucumber cut-outs and heart-shaped eggs in a bento box.

Nutritional Information

Tuna Egg Salad Bento Box Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:1

Calories: 1164.9

% Daily Value *

Protein: 56.4g 113%

Carbohydrates: 114.1g 37%

Dietary Fiber: 17.9g 72%

Sugars: 65.4g

Fat: 60.3g 93%

Saturated Fat: 11.2g 56%

Cholesterol: 503.8mg 168%

Vitamin A Iu: 24804.5IU 496%

Niacin Equivalents: 31.6mg 243%

Vitamin B6: 1.8mg 112%

Vitamin C: 140.2mg 234%

Folate: 215.2mcg 54%

Calcium: 330.7mg 33%

Iron: 9.4mg 52%

Magnesium: 232.1mg 83%

Potassium: 3154.2mg 88%

Sodium: 2470.7mg 99%

Thiamin: 0.7mg 73%

Calories From Fat: 543

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.