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smashed chickpea salad on toasted bread topped with chopped red pepper

Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad with Thousand Island Style Dressing

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Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad with thousand island dressing has great texture, flavour, and it’s versatile – it can be used in salads or sandwiches. Plus, the wonderfully creamy, thousand island style dressing makes it really delicious. It's an easy no-cook recipe with the same flavours as a tuna salad but with a few simple changes it becomes a delicious light vegan meal. Makes a great lunchtime sandwich filler.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Brunch, Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: Worldwide
Calories: 304
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 cup chickpeas from a 15 oz (400g) tin drained
  • 1/2 red onion finely diced
  • 1/2 lemon juice squeezed from 1/2 lemon
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder or finely chopped garlic clove
  • 1 tablespoon capers finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon dill finely chopped
  • salt and pepper adjust seasoning to your personal taste
Thousand Island Style Dressing
  • 3 tablespoon mayonnaise vegan
  • 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
  • squeeze of lemon juice

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • measuring spoons
  • fork

Method
 

  1. Drain the canned chickpeas and add to a bowl, using a fork or potato masher, mash the chickpeas. You're aiming to break them down to a soft consistency. Leave a few larger pieces of chickpea for texture.
  2. Finely chop 1/2 of a medium red onion and add to the bowl with the mashed chickpeas.
  3. Add all of the other ingredients and stir to combine.
  4. Add the Thousand Island Style dressing and stir through the chickpea mixture. Check the seasoning and serve.
Thousand Island Style Dressing
  1. Measure the mayonnaise into a small bowl along with the tomato ketchup and a squeeze of lemon juice.
  2. Stir thoroughly to combine, this is now ready to add to the chickpeas.

Nutrition

Serving: 1portionCalories: 304kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 8gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 320mgPotassium: 337mgFiber: 7gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 98IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 3mg

Notes

Nutrition Information is computer generated and is intended as a guideline only.
Storage: This will store in the fridge for up to 3 days. It does not freeze well.
Suitable for: This salad is suitable for plant-based, vegan and vegetarians provided that you use vegan mayonnaise.
Ways of using this salad: Use this salad as a sandwich or filling for a wrap. It can be used as a topping on jacket potatoes or as part of a larger salad meal. Make extra dressing to drizzle over the salad, it's gorgeous.

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