Vegan Chickpea Salad + Easy Vegan Meals

April 09, 2020

The vegan chickpea salad is my go-to, quick and easy vegan meal. It is the most versatile, accessible recipe that can easily become whatever you want depending on how you make it. In the video, I made a chickpea-pasta salad, which tastes great by itself, in sandwiches, or with chips & crackers.

VARIATIONS

The chickpea salad is a vegan version of the classic tuna salad, egg salad, pasta salad, and potato salad that can easily emulate any of those "salads" based on the seasonings and ingredients that you have in your home. For each of these variations, you can use what you have. For instance, if you don't have chickpeas, try it with tofu or potatoes or pasta.

Suggestions:
For more of a "tuna" salad, add seaweed. Dulse flakes are a popular choice to emulate that fish or sea-like flavor. Mashed chickpeas make a good texture. For egg-less salad, add more vegan mayo, use tofu, make it creamy. Add pasta and/or potatoes and your favorite seasonings for more of a classic potato or pasta salad.

Chickpea sandwich with avocado, tomato, vegan cheese, and spike seasoning.

INGREDIENTS

These are the ingredients I usually use and they are all optional

chickpeas
celery or bell pepper, if I have it
vegan mayo and/or mustard
relish - I like mine sweet with lots of relish
garlic powder
onion powder
nutritional yeast
paprika or turmeric

METHODS

Mash chickpeas or tofu // Cube cooked potatoes // Cook pasta // Mix with veggies and seasonings.

It's often different every time I make this because it's based off of what I currently have. So there have been times where I made it without vegan mayo and just used more relish and mustard or used tofu instead of chickpeas. I don't measure, but add ingredients and season to taste.

SNACKS/MEALS

This recipe, however you make it, is good by itself, as a sandwich, as a dip with chips or crackers, wrapped in a tortilla, in a lettuce wrap. The choices are endless.