{"id":67283,"date":"2022-10-31T16:14:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T23:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=67283"},"modified":"2022-10-31T16:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T23:21:20","slug":"chickpea-of-the-sea-vegan-tuna-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/chickpea-of-the-sea-vegan-tuna-sandwich\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cChickpea of the Sea\u201d Vegan Tuna Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-67294\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sandwich.png\" alt=\"chickpea &quot;tuna&quot; sandwiches\" width=\"354\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2022\/10\/sandwich.png 354w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2022\/10\/sandwich-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>While there are several versions of this vegan tuna salad, this one I adapted over the years for my taste. Dill and celery are key for me here, so if you are not a fan of those, you can use some of the substitutions noted.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy putting this salad on lighted toasted sourdough or rye bread, with baby spinach and tomatoes. You can also use as a dip, or place in crisp romaine leaves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 15-oz. can chickpeas, drained and rinsed<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup vegan mayo (I use Hellman\u2019s vegan dressing &amp; spread)<\/li>\n<li>1 large or 2 small stalks of celery, chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00be -1 tbsp. whole grain or Dijon mustard<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. dried dill weed (adjust to taste)<\/li>\n<li>Splash of lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>Dash of ground pepper and salt to taste<\/li>\n<li>Optional to add\/substitute: crushed nori\/seaweed sheet, sweet or dill pickle relish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drain and rinse the chickpeas and place in a bowl. Roughly mash the chickpeas with a fork or potato masher, until desired consistency (I like mine lightly mashed to keep it a bit chunkier). Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well, adding any extra ingredients you like.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use a food processor, pulsing the chickpeas a few times, and then adding remaining ingredients to pulse until desired consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Serve chilled or at room temperature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/chickpea-of-the-sea-vegan-tuna-sandwich\/\">While there are several versions of this vegan tuna salad, this one I adapted over the years for my taste. Dill and celery are key for me here, so if you are not a fan of those, you can use some of the substitutions noted. I enjoy putting this salad on lighted toasted sourdough or&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}