This chickpea salad sandwich recipe is a perfect lunch to take to work, along with an apple. You can give a slightly ocean-y flavor with mineral-dense sea vegetables if you prefer a tuna-like salad.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword chickpea salad, healthy, sandwich, vegan
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 4sandwiches
Author Heather Nicholds, C.H.N.
Ingredients
1 14ozcan chickpeas
1/2cupcelerydiced
1/2cupred pepperdiced
1Tbspgreen onion or chiveschopped
2-3Tbspfresh parsleychopped
Avo Mayo
1avocado
1/4cupfresh lemon juice
1clovegarlicoptional, or 1 tsp garlic powder
pinchsalt
1tspdijon mustardoptional
1tsppaprikaoptional
1Tbspdried norikelp or other sea vegetable, chopped (optional)
Sea saltto taste
Sandwich
8sliceswhole grain breador 4 pitas, wraps, or large lettuce leaves
Lettuce, spinach or sprouts
Sliced tomato
Instructions
Puree the avocado mayo ingredients until smooth, adding more water if necessary for consistency.
Mash the chickpeas with a fork, potato masher or your hands. Mix in the rest of the chickpea salad ingredients.
Spread some of the chickpea salad onto a slice of bread, or into a pita or wrap. Top it with spinach, lettuce or sprouts. It's great as an open-face sandwich with a big leaf of lettuce instead of a 2nd slice of bread.
Put the sandwich in a baggie or container, and refrigerate until you eat it.