Chickpea Tuna-Style Salad Sandwich [vegan]
July 15, 2017“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” – Sam Keen And for this specific reason, I don’t like to spend a lot of the rare ...
July 15, 2017
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” – Sam KeenAnd for this specific reason, I don’t like to spend a lot of the rare German summer days in my kitchen. I just want to enjoy as much sun and quality time with friends and family as possible. However, this does not mean that I don’t love good food during summer. I actually love all the freshness that comes with delicious summer foods. So, whenever I find a new recipe that is 1. easy to make 2. delicious and last but not least 3. good for me, the environment and the animals, chances are huge that I won’t eat a lot of other things anymore. This is exactly what happened with today’s recipe.
DISCLAIMER: It does not taste like tuna! It’s a tuna STYLE salad!
First, I made it because I wanted to eat a high-protein meal after my run, the next 100 times I made it because it’s freaking good. If you like me and you grew up in a country where you don’t normally put tuna, mayo and cheese in a sandwich you might never have heard of "tuna melt". I as a matter of facts had never heard of tuna melt before I moved to England. But all of the sudden I found myself making it ALL the time. Back then (in 2013) I still ate fish but I still wasn't a massive fan of tuna and cheese of a sandwich (not saying that I never ate it or that it’s bad!). However, I quickly grew very fond of tuna and mayo (maybe because mayo is one of my favourite foods on earth) and only a few weeks into my stay it was a staple in my diet. When I stopped eating fish I obviously also stopped eating those delicious sandwiches.
Storytime: My whole family is very supportive of me not eating animal products, however, my dad’s approach to those things is really hilarious every now and then. A couple of months ago we had a barbeque at his house and keep in mind that I was fully vegetarian for more than two years at this point. So, I always just bring my own food with me. However, I still tell the host this in advance, so that he or she doesn’t feel the need to buy extra foods for me. I call my dad and tell him that I’ll bring my own barbeque things. He says: “Oh, yes I was wondering about that. I know you don’t eat meat but you also don’t eat sausages and what’s about fish?”. I really do love my dad but his approach to not eating meat is just the best. I mean, is it still meat if it doesn’t look like an animal anymore? That for sure would change the definition of a vegan sausage quite drastically. End of Storytime
I might have stopped eating fish but that didn’t stop me from eating sandwiches. One day after my run I came home and looked for some high-protein foods and I found a big can of chickpeas. I paired those with mayo, tomatoes and some herbs and spices and I ate it all in one sitting. It actually tasted that good that I made it again the next day, and the next day and … the next day. It doesn’t taste like tuna but I finally found something that is just as good as tuna with mayo on a sandwich. But please give it a fair shot and don’t expect something that tastes like tuna. After all, it’s a salad with chickpeas, it just can’t taste like tuna (because it’s not tuna). Long story cut short, let’s get started with today’s recipe!
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