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.

• 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

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.


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.

Chickpea salad sandwich with avocado, tomato, and sprouts.

This is more of a tofu scramble, but chickpea salad could go in tortilla as well

With chips

• Blend dates with water until you have a creamy liquid consistency, pour in glass.
• Blend frozen bananas with a little bit of water or nut milk until it has a thick, ice cream resemblance
• Scoop the banana ice cream onto date-drink and enjoy!

Not only is this an easy crust/pizza to make, it doesn't take up too much time and it is delicious!




INGREDIENTS

CRUST
3 cups grated Cauliflower*
1 Cup+1Tbs Gluten-free All-purpose Flour
3/4 Cup blended ripe banana (which I actually forgot to put in crust)**
A few dashes of cornmeal to keep the crust from sticking.
If you use parchment paper, I imagine this won't be a problem

SAUCE
1 6OZ can of tomato paste (no salt added)
1 Cup Water
Spinach
Seasonings: Garlic powder, onion powder, italian seasoning

TOPPING
I used one whole tomato, spinach, and orange bell pepper.

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*You can ground the cauliflower with a grater, in a blender, or in a food processor.
**Ground flaxseeds are also a really good binding substitute for egg.




METHOD

• Grate cauliflower and put in mixing bowl, mix flour and ground flaxseeds.
• Knead the 'dough' and place 1-cup sized portions onto foil, cookie sheet, or parchment paper to bake in the oven for 15 minutes on 450 F. You can use a layer of cornmeal to coat the bottom of the crusts so that they don't stick.
• Simmer sauce and add your toppings! Place the pizza back into the oven for another 10-20 minutes.

A really easy to make, sweetly delectable, healthy dessert are these Strawberry Date Turtles, made with.... strawberries and dates!

• Blend the dates
• Blend the strawberries 
• Form the dates into flat circles and add the strawberries to the top

When done, these should be refreshing and sweet.

Vegan Blueberry Mini Muffins

Yum!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 C. Earth Balance or oil
• 1/4 t. Salt
• 1 C. Organic, raw, or turbinado sugar - maybe even agave
• 2 C. Flour - I used whole wheat
• 1 Tbs. Baking Powder
• 1 teas. Vanilla extract
• 1/2 C. Soy, almond, coconut, or rice milk
• 2 C. Blueberries

I got the idea for this recipe from somewhere I don't remember a couple years ago...



Mix wet, mix dry - separately. Then mix them together and place in muffin trays.
Set them in the oven on 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes until tops are full.
And they should come out looking like this - minus the green-tinted lighting.

- Chop onions and green pepper and add both to the filling cooking in the pan.