So I had yet to try any of my new vegan recipes, apparently becoming vegan wasn't such a huge leap as I originally thought, but last night I finally made something new - Mock Tuna Salad. I was a little skeptical at first - how can a bunch of mashed chick peas taste remotely like a tuna salad? Here the recipe:
Ingredients
2(15oz.) cans chick-peas, drained (or 3c. cooked)
¾ cup vegan mayonnaise
2/3 cup minced celery
1/3 cup minced dill pickle
¼ cup nutritional yeast flakes
2 green onions, chopped
2 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon kelp powder (optional)
½ salt, or 1 tablespoon miso
pepper, to taste
In a medium bowl, mash the chick-peas coarsely with a fork. Mix in the remaining ingredients, using ½ cup mayonnaise at first, and then adding more as needed. cover and refrigerate. Use on sandwiches or on a bed of salad greens.
So there were a few ingredients I didn't have - minced celery, minced dill pickle, and soy sauce (because SOMEONE doesn't like to tell me when they use all the soy sauce in the house and never puts it on the list! ahem) I replaced the minced celery with old bay because it's mostly celery salt (and everything is better with old bay anyway). I put my finished product on a big bun with some cherry tomatoes. It looked like a legit salad sandwich.
Now did it taste like a tuna salad sandwich? Eh, from what I remember, not so much. But that could be blamed on my culinary improvising. And maybe I needed to mash the chick peas a little bit more too. But did it taste good? Yep, it totally did. And it was my first encounter with nutritional yeast and vegan mayo. Eating it on the couch while a eager Pomeranian was watching my every move was a little tricky though. It was kind of messy. I will definitely put it in a pita or something next time. And the best thing about this receipe? It makes a lot. I brought some in for lunch today to put on top of some lettuce and tomatoes and I'm kind of excited about it. Horray for leftovers!
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