Name: Vegan Tuna Salad with Chickpeas & Avocado
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 15 oz canned chickpeas; 1 avocado (- extra large); 1 scallion (- chopped); 1/4 cup cilantro (- roughly chopped ); 1 lime (- juiced); 1/2 red chili pepper (- chopped (to taste)); 2 tbsp fresh onion chives (- snipped); 1 pinch sea salt (- more or less to your taste); 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds or cherry tomatoes (- for garnish (optional)); 2 tsp capers ((optional)); 1.5 tsp dulse / kelp flakes or seaweed ((optional))

Vegan no tuna salad recipe with mashed chickpeas, creamy avocado, scallions and lime. Protein loaded, simple, no mayo, no oil needed!

Vegan Chickpea No Tuna Salad with Avocado

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If you are just making the switch to a plant based lifestyle or are already vegan, this recipe is not to be missed. It’s whole food plant based and plantricious compliant, wonderful source of nutrition, delicious, quick and easy to make and stores well in the refrigerator for a few of days.

what is mock tuna salad ?

A creamy salad using mashed chickpeas / garbanzo beans instead of fish, capers and a pinch of dulse flakes to replicate a clean seafood flavor. Absolutely no mayo involved in this recipe, instead we are using creamy luscious California avocados. Think of it like making a really awesome avocado toast on a nice slice of your favorite whole grain bread. Or If you prefer you can use it in a wrap, lunch bowl and even as a dip.

chickpea no tuna salad with capers and avocado

Since ’tis the season to be jolly, I sprinkled mine with some red pomegranate seeds. You can get creative and mix in some cherry tomatoes in the summer, crispy tofu, smoked tempeh, walnuts, sunflowers seeds, almonds, everything bagel seasoning or even crumble up some nori on top for a traditional seafood flavor.

Vegan Chickpea Tuna Salad with Avocado and Lime

If you aren’t quite as fond of chickpeas as I am, you can replace them with Italian white cannellini beans. Whichever you choose just make sure to mash them with a rustic texture, we aren’t trying to make a smoothie after all 😉

Best chickpea “tuna” salad! It’s:

100% wfpb vegan

avocado baby

no cholesterol, no processed junk

easy & fast: 10 minutes tops!

healthy & delicious

no cook, oil-free

tuna free, so cruelty free!

P.S. If you make this recipe please let us know in the comments below, snap a photo and tag it with #VeggieSociety on Instagram, it always makes my day ~ Florentina Xo’s

how to make vegan no tuna salad:

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Vegan Tuna Salad with Chickpeas & Avocado

Vegan “ no tuna " salad recipe with mashed chickpeas, creamy avocado, scallions and lime. No mayo ever!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword Chickpea Avocado Salad, plant based, vegan,, wfpb

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings people

Calories 182kcal

Author Florentina

Ingredients

15 oz canned chickpeas
1 avocado - extra large
1 scallion - chopped
1/4 cup cilantro - roughly chopped
1 lime - juiced
1/2 red chili pepper - chopped (to taste)
2 tbsp fresh onion chives - snipped
1 pinch sea salt - more or less to your taste
2 tbsp pomegranate seeds or cherry tomatoes - for garnish (optional)
2 tsp capers (optional)
1.5 tsp dulse / kelp flakes or seaweed (optional)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Drain the chickpeas and reserve some of the water.
In the bowl of a small food processor chop the chickpeas with a little bit of the reserved water if needed until a rustic texture is achieved. Keep in mind that you don’t want a smoothie, so use the pulse button when doing this. Alternatively you can use a potato masher or the back of a fork to achieve this texture.
Transfer to a medium mixing bowl together with the scallions, lime juice, chili pepper and cilantro. Give it a good stir.
Slice the avocado in half, discard the pit and carefully scoop the flesh out. Add it to the bowl with the chickpeas and season with the sea salt. Combine well. Taste and add more lime juice or sea salt to your taste. Stir in the capers and dulse flakes if using.
Serve as a dip or make a faux tuna salad sandwich with your favorite whole-grain bread and fresh herbs.

Notes

The dulse / kelp flakes are only necessary If you are after a deep oceany seafood like flavor.
To keep the avocado from oxidizing and turning brown make sure to store any leftovers in lidded containers layered with thin slices of lime or lemon on top.