Chickpea Salad Sandwich
Not only is this chickpea salad sandwich packed with protein and heart-healthy nutrients, it’s so delicious you won’t even notice that it’s not chicken.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 cans chickpeas, rinsed
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
- 1 scallion, sliced
- ¼ cup pickled cucumber (about 7), finely chopped
- ½ cup parsley, chopped
- 8 slices whole-grain bread
- 4 eaves green leaf lettuce
- 1 Cucumber or 1/2 seedless cucumber, peeled into ribbons
- 1 cup sprouts
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together lemon juice, mayonnaise, soy sauce and nutritional yeast. Add chickpeas and mash, leaving some larger chunks. Fold in celery, scallion, cornichons and parsley.
- Assemble sandwiches with bread, lettuce, chickpea mixture, cucumber and sprouts.