We like chickpeas. A lot. I mean, our air fryer is basically a roasted chickpea maker at this point. So we have an abundance of canned chickpeas in our pantry. That’s good for snacking, but not for dinner. So I had to brainstorm something else do to with them because we can’t live on roasted chickpeas alone. I had heard of Vegan Chickpea “Tuna” Salad, and I had to try it.

If you just want something vegetarian, and not vegan, you can use regular mayo in this. But if you want to keep it completely vegan, you can either purchase vegan mayo or make your own.

Honestly, I have no idea how to make vegan mayo. I know people do it. I’m just not one of those people.

Vegan Chickpea “Tuna” Salad

What You’ll Need:

• 1 can chickpeas
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/3 cup vegan mayo
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 small red onion
• 8 slices of bread
• Lettuce
• 1 tomato, sliced

What You’ll Do:

Drain and rinse your chickpeas.

Using a potato masher, mash your chickpeas until they’re pretty pulsed. The creamier they are, the better. If you have a blender, you could throw the chickpeas in there and pulse it a few times. Either way works.

Finely dice your red onion and add it to the bowl with the chickpeas. Dice your celery and add it to the bowl as well.

Add the garlic powder, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and mayo into the bowl with the mashed chickpeas.

Stir until everything is combined.

Now it’s time to build your sandwich.

Toast your bread.

Put the lettuce on one side, sliced tomato on the other, and the chickpea tuna salad in between.

Now, if you’re not doing bread (which is a shame because bread is delicious), you could serve this in lettuce wraps instead. Just be sure to get a good romaine lettuce for that. Lettuce wraps don’t work so well with iceburg lettuce.

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