1-Bowl Super Simple Chickpea Salad Recipe | VEEG (2024)

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Protein-packed and ready to make your day, our 1-Bowl Super Simple Chickpea Salad is an easy dish that meets your hunger while delighting your tastebuds! Since everything mixes in 1-bowl and there’s no cooking required, it’s a perfect go-to for a hot summer day or during those busy times when there are not enough hours in the day.By the way, if you would like to bring the calorie and fat count way down on this wonderfully simple salad, try making it using low-fat Vegan Sunflower Seed Mayo, or one of our most popular, Raw Oil-Free Cashew Mayonnaise recipe! And since these recipes make meals happen with minutes to spare, why not slice a cucumber and make a side of quick pickles?

Ingredients

• four 15 0z cans of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 5 stalks of celery, diced
• 4 tbsp finely chopped red onion, or another onion of choice
• 3 to 4 tbsp sweet relish
• 5 tbsp of myRaw Oil-Free Cashew Mayonnaise or another plant-based mayonnaiseUsing our cashew mayo or our sunflower seed mayo in this recipe makesthis delicious 1-bowl salad, refined oil-free!
• 1/4 tsp or so of finely groundIndian Black Salt, Kala Namak,optional, but genuinely delicious!
• sea salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mash the chickpeas with a potato masher until flaked in texture or use a food processor on the pulse setting as not to over chop.
2. Stir in the celery, onions, relish, and mayonnaise until combined.If you are following a low-fat diet, you could omit the mayonnaise altogether and use a plant-based plain yogurt and adjust seasonings accordingly. Another option is to make a batch of one of our homemade oil-free mayonnaise recipes, such as sunflower seed mayo, which has a little less fat than our homemade cashew mayonnaise.
3. Now, stir in the Kala Namuk, if using, and season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
4. Serve with toasted bread, on crackers, wraps or use this to top off of a leafy green salad and enjoy these delightfully simple flavors!

Notes

• Kala Namak also called Himalayan Black Salt, or Indian Black Salt can be recognized easily by its very distinctive smell. Sulfur compounds cause the salt to smell like hard-boiled or rotten eggs.And oddly enough, that's a good thing! Stay with me. In my experience, the salt has only a slight odor in the jar or package. The scent can come off as alarmingly bold at first but then nearly disappears. The finished dish does not smell like rotten eggs at all, whew,but does offer a tasty hint of egg-like flavor. Begin by adding just a tiny pinch ofKala Namakat a time and season to your liking.And if you do not have Indian Black Salt, Kala Namak, no worries as your salad will still taste fantastic! Just use a dash of regular sea salt, instead.
• If you like a serious bite of sweet with your savory flavors, boost up the relish quantity a bit.If you don't have relish, use a chopped pickle or even a few diced pickled beets!
• Red or green onion adds an extra dash of pretty color, but yellow onion works just as well, flavor-wise.
• A lovely little squeeze of lemon juice is an excellent brightening touch if your salad tastes like it needs just a bit more kick.
• Belonging to a group lovingly referred to as “longevitylegumes” chickpeas have been used in traditional medicine to treathigh blood pressure anddiabetes.Including chickpeas in your diet may reduce the risk of the type ofprediabetesknown asmetabolic syndrome. Chickpeas are anti-inflammatory and contain an abundance of non-hemeiron—the safest form of iron.Visit NutritionFacts.org to read more in-depthinformation regarding the nutritional benefits of chickpeas and other legumes.
• The nutritional count below included using the mentioned brand of store-bought vegan mayo. If you opt to make and use either our sunflower mayo of this cashew-based, oil-free mayo, the nutritional content of this easy no-cook dish gets even better!

Nutrition

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Calories Per Serving: 238

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Yields: 8 Servings

Ingredients

• four 15 0z cans of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 5 stalks of celery, diced
• 4 tbsp finely chopped red onion, or another onion of choice
• 3 to 4 tbsp sweet relish
• 5 tbsp of myRaw Oil-Free Cashew Mayonnaise or another plant-based mayonnaiseUsing our cashew mayo or our sunflower seed mayo in this recipe makesthis delicious 1-bowl salad, refined oil-free!
• 1/4 tsp or so of finely groundIndian Black Salt, Kala Namak,optional, but genuinely delicious!
• sea salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mash the chickpeas with a potato masher until flaked in texture or use a food processor on the pulse setting as not to over chop.
2. Stir in the celery, onions, relish, and mayonnaise until combined.If you are following a low-fat diet, you could omit the mayonnaise altogether and use a plant-based plain yogurt and adjust seasonings accordingly. Another option is to make a batch of one of our homemade oil-free mayonnaise recipes, such as sunflower seed mayo, which has a little less fat than our homemade cashew mayonnaise.
3. Now, stir in the Kala Namuk, if using, and season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
4. Serve with toasted bread, on crackers, wraps or use this to top off of a leafy green salad and enjoy these delightfully simple flavors!

Notes

• Kala Namak also called Himalayan Black Salt, or Indian Black Salt can be recognized easily by its very distinctive smell. Sulfur compounds cause the salt to smell like hard-boiled or rotten eggs.And oddly enough, that's a good thing! Stay with me. In my experience, the salt has only a slight odor in the jar or package. The scent can come off as alarmingly bold at first but then nearly disappears. The finished dish does not smell like rotten eggs at all, whew,but does offer a tasty hint of egg-like flavor. Begin by adding just a tiny pinch ofKala Namakat a time and season to your liking.And if you do not have Indian Black Salt, Kala Namak, no worries as your salad will still taste fantastic! Just use a dash of regular sea salt, instead.
• If you like a serious bite of sweet with your savory flavors, boost up the relish quantity a bit.If you don't have relish, use a chopped pickle or even a few diced pickled beets!
• Red or green onion adds an extra dash of pretty color, but yellow onion works just as well, flavor-wise.
• A lovely little squeeze of lemon juice is an excellent brightening touch if your salad tastes like it needs just a bit more kick.
• Belonging to a group lovingly referred to as “longevitylegumes” chickpeas have been used in traditional medicine to treathigh blood pressure anddiabetes.Including chickpeas in your diet may reduce the risk of the type ofprediabetesknown asmetabolic syndrome. Chickpeas are anti-inflammatory and contain an abundance of non-hemeiron—the safest form of iron.Visit NutritionFacts.org to read more in-depthinformation regarding the nutritional benefits of chickpeas and other legumes.
• The nutritional count below included using the mentioned brand of store-bought vegan mayo. If you opt to make and use either our sunflower mayo of this cashew-based, oil-free mayo, the nutritional content of this easy no-cook dish gets even better!

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