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3-Minute Chickpea Salad

Ingredients

1 15-ounce can chickpeas (or 1 1/2 cups cooked), drained and rinsed

2 tablespoons Cheesy Cauliflower Sauce or Tofu-Cashew Mayo

2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish

1 teaspoon creole or cajun seasoning or Old Bay (adjust to taste)

Instructions

1.Mash chickpeas with a potato masher (Or with a normal mahser, you know the flat thing with holes in it). Add remaining ingredients. Stir well and serve as sandwich filling, atop salads, or wrapped in rice paper.

Preparation time: 3 minute(s) | Cooking time: 0 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 3

Makes about 3 heaping 1/3-cup servings. Nutrition (per serving, using Cheesy Cauliflower Sauce): 163 calories, 13 calories from fat, 1.5g total fat, 0mg cholesterol, 539.5mg sodium, 229.1mg potassium, 31.9g carbohydrates, 5.8g fiber, 3g sugar, 6.5g protein. Cheesy Cauliflower Sauce contains about 12 calories per 2 tablespoons; if using mayo, the calorie and fat count will be higher depending on the product used.

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Tunisian-Inspired Chickpea and Potato Salad

Ingredients

4 small or 2 medium Yukon gold potatoes

15 ounces cooked chickpeas (1 can or about 1 3/4 cups), drained

1 medium cucumber peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch cubes

8 cherry tomatoes, quartered

6 to 8 jumbo black olives, sliced (about 2 ounces)

1/4 cup capers, rinsed and drained, chopped if large

4 pepperoncini peppers, stemmed and sliced

3 to 6 tablespoons harissa, or to taste

2 tablespoons Tofu-Cashew Mayo (optional)

1/2 tablespoon cider vinegar

2 cloves garlic, finely minced

1/2 sheet sushi nori, crumbled, or 1/2 teaspoon
powdered kelp (optional)

Salt, to taste

Instructions

1.Boil the potatoes until tender. When cool enough to handle, peel and cut into 1/2-inch cubes. Place in a large storage container and add all remaining ingredients. Stir well and refrigerate for at least an hour to allow flavors to blend.

2.Add salt to taste and serve in pitas or other bread or with salad greens.

Preparation time: 20 minute(s) | Cooking time: 10 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 4

Nutrition (per serving): 279 calories, 40 calories from fat, 4.8g total fat, 0mg cholesterol, 362.5mg sodium, 926.5mg potassium, 49.6g carbohydrates, 10.9g fiber, 5.9g sugar, 12.4g protein, 8.1 points.

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Yeahhh.... My salads have meat in them...