GARDEN VEGGIE CHICKPEA SALAD SANDWICH
This tasty Garden Veggie Chickpea Salad Sandwich is a plant-based powerhouse of a lunch! Make it in advance for a party or picnic or to take along as an easy weekday lunch for work or school.
I guess I have no choice but to wave the white flag on this argument. I’m a millennial. The kind of millennial who makes tuna salad out of smashed chickpeas and veggies and offers no apologies because IT’S DELICIOUS, YO!
Garden Veggie Chickpea Salad Sandwich
This tasty Garden Veggie Chickpea Salad Sandwich is a plant-based powerhouse of a lunch! Make it in advance for a party or picnic or to take along as an easy weekday lunch for work or school.
COURSE MAIN COURSE CUISINE AMERICAN KEYWORD GARDEN VEGGIE CHICKPEA SALAD SANDWICH PREP TIME 15 MINUTESTOTAL TIME 15 MINUTESSERVINGS 4 SERVINGSCALORIES 309 KCALAUTHOR JENN LAUGHLIN - PEAS AND CRAYONS
Ingredients
FOR THE SALAD:
15 oz canned chickpeas, drained + rinsed
3 stalks green onion
2 stalks celery
1/4 cup chopped shredded carrots
1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped dill pickle
1/4 cup store bought or homemade mayonnaise vegan or regular
1-2 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp yellow mustard
1/8 tsp dried dill or fresh, to taste
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
3 TBSP unsalted roasted sunflower seeds
2 TBSP fresh chopped basil plus extra to taste
FOR THE SANDWICH:
multi-grain sandwich bread
arugula or romaine lettuce
extra basil as desired
optional tomatoes and/or red onion
TASTY SANDWICH SPREAD OPTIONS
spicy mustard
hummus
mayo
Instructions
Drain and rinse your chickpeas and add them to a large bowl. Mash with a potato masher until texture appears flaked, almost like tuna salad. I use both a potato masher and follow up with a fork to make sure every chickpea is deliciously smashed. You could also use a food processor and skip the arm workout!
Chop your green onion, celery, shredded carrots, pepper, and pickles.
Add to the bowl with your chickpeas, then add mayo, dijon, yellow mustard, dill, salt, and pepper. Stir well to coat.
Fold in sunflower seeds and basil (as much or as little as you'd like) and adjust any ingredients to taste.
Pile high on bread with all your sandwich fixings or enjoy as a wrap, with crackers, on a salad, or simply dive into the bowl spoon-first - anything goes!