Chickpea Vegan Tuna Salad
This vegan tuna salad, made from chickpeas, will blow your mind! Easy to meal prep and perfect for on the go! Carefully selected ingredients give it a seafood taste while being meatless. Can be Top 8 Allergy Free.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 223kcal
Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas
- 1 can hearts of palm
- ½ cup celery, minced
- 1 teaspoon capers, minced
- ½ red onion, minced
- 2 teaspoon ground nori or nori flakes (can sub for dulse flakes)
- 1 juice from whole lemon
- ¼ cup mayo
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon old bay seasoning
Instructions
- Chop vegetables - onion, celery and capers as directed.
- Grind up a small sheet of nori (or omit this step if using nori flakes).
- Mash your chickpeas with the back of a fork. This takes between 5-10 minutes to do well.
- Chop small the hearts of palm or you can separate using two forks (similar to pulled meat or jackfruit).
- Combine all the ingredients into a bowl and stir together really well.
- Let set in the fridge for at least an hour, but it's really best if you make this a day or two ahead of time and really let it marinade in all the flavors.
- Serve as desired (between two pieces of bread or other ideas in post).
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Notes
*This recipe is easily Top 8 free. See post for notes about Top 8 Allergy Free variation.
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 721mg | Potassium: 228mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 5.3mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1.7mg
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