I’m still the world’s laziest lunch maker. Ever.
I’m lucky if I make it to the table to sit down like a civilized human being most days. When I’m busting my butt in the kitchen for hours each day, the last thing I want to do is chop more vegetables or do a lot of prep for lunch. So, I tend to fall back on frozen veggie burgers (I love Amy’s California burgers), hummus, salsa, and wraps because they are effortless and ready in 5 minutes. And thank goodness there is no chopping required!
I recently discovered the obvious: prep something the night before and I’ll have more variety in my lunch. I’ve talked about this little problem before (see part 1 and part 2) so as you can see old habits die hard! My problem is that I rarely think about lunch at night time, but perhaps this chickpea salad may finally change that…
I spotted a vegan “Not Tuna Salad” on the Whole Foods website and used it as my inspiration for this amazing chickpea salad wrap. While I don’t think what I came up with tastes anything like tuna salad (let’s be real, it’s chickpeas), I think it tastes even better! And this is coming from a former tuna salad addict who used to eat canned tuna for lunch all the time in university. Yes, I was that girl stacking towers of 59 cent tuna into her shopping cart like a crazy person.
So whether you never liked tuna or maybe you love tuna, add this to your lunch rotation! Pop it into a container, add a wrap and fruit, and you have yourself a well-rounded lunch…no veggie burger required.
Amy, I’ll see you on Wednesday.
Eric asked me if it really tastes like tuna. “Umm…no…” I said after careful thought, “but it actually tastes better!” Who needs tuna when it tastes this good? It’s fresh, crunchy, filling, and has a great pop of dill. If you’ve had a jar of dill pickles sitting in your fridge for years, now is the time to use them.
Chickpea Salad Wrap
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Ok, so I didn’t make this “the night before”, but I did make this at 10am on Saturday morning! Bonus points, right?
(Note: I didn’t end up using the paprika as shown in the photo)…and yes, that’s a dill pickle leaning up against the mustard. The jar of pickles has been in our fridge for a year? Amazingly, I’m not dead after ingesting it. Love pickles.
Chop, mix, and serve. Easy.
Veggies burgers certainly have their time and place in my work week, but thankfully now does this wrap! I hope you enjoy it too!
and a link to share for you today…
In case you haven’t seen it already, check out this thought-provoking NYT’s article by Mark Bittman – “We’re eating less meat. Why?” which talks about the 12% drop in US meat consumption in the last 5 years.
“We still eat way more meat than is good for us or the environment, not to mention the animals. But a 12 percent reduction in just five years is significant, and if that decline were to continue for the next five years — well, that’s something few would have imagined five years ago. It’s something only the industry could get upset about. The rest of us should celebrate. Rice and beans, anyone?” ~Bittman
This recipe is delicious! Pretty much eyeballed the ingredients and I can’t believe how all these flavors blend so well! Man this dill is good, I’m definitely making this again!
Made 4 decent sized wraps! Think I added a little more pickles and celery than in the recipe, not a bad thing though, this crunch is phenomenal!
*review written with wrap in hand*
Hahaha, I’m glad you enjoyed the wrap Walter! It’s definitely hard to put down. ;)
Love your website! I made these wraps last night for dinner, and I must say they were a real crowd pleaser. Keep doing what your doing. Thanks again.
Hey there! Thank you for the kind words – I’m so glad to hear everyone loved the wraps. :)
This is a great recipe. Super delicious and tangy. I pulsed the ingredients in food processor for a short time and the consistency made it more “spreadable” like tuna fish. It was so delicious that I think I’ll be the guy stacking cans of chickpeas in his shopping basket every week. Thanks for the great recipe. A perfect lunch “go to” from now on.
You beautiful soul! I just love this oldie but goodie, you never disappoint. I needed dinner for my family of five … I googled “oh she glows + chic peas” and autmatic dinner pleaser in 10 minutes.
We should be neighbors
Xox
Just stumbled across this recipe a few weeks ago and have made it three times already! Quick, easy, convenient and versatile as well as satisfying. Thanks for tips about pastry cutter, capers and addition of a smidgen of Veganaise–helpful improvements on an already delicious recipe. For anyone interested, I have also made with variety of sprouted lentils, and cannelini’s (since I didn’t have chickpeas on hand and needed a quick lunch). Just as scrumptious! One thing I haven’t done yet is toast the sunflower seeds. Angela, can you help me out with this —-does toasting these seeds, or others in your chia seed power bread (since I like to eat this salad with toasted seed bread for breakfast sometimes too) damage the nutritional value of the nut/seed oils? I’ve heard that toasting them cancels out the healthy benefits of the oils and can even cause a chemical reaction which renders them unhealthy. Is this temperature specific?
Technically my very first meal as a vegan and it didn’t disappoint, loved the flavors and how well it all worked!
So glad to hear it was a success, Payton!
This was DELICIOUS! I like the crunchiness and the flavor was well balanced.
Thanks for the recipe!
LOVE this recipe!!! We add a mashed ripe avocado which helps all of the other ingredients stick together. My husband says avocado is “nature’s mayonaise”. : )
I love the way your husband thinks! :) avocado…sigh…just so perfect