Faux Tuna Salad (Chickpea Salad)

Last time I ate at Pure Luck, the waiter talked me into ordering their chickpea salad. He described it as “a tuna salad without the tuna”. I really liked it, but never asked him for the exact recipe. So here’s Faux Tuna Salad - my take on Pure Luck chickpea salad. You can make your variation of this salad by substituting chickpeas for tuna in your favorite tuna fish salad recipe. You can make this salad vegan by substituting conventional mayonnaise with vegan mayo or olive oil.

Ingredients:

2- 15oz cans of garbanzo beans (or dried and cooked equivalent)

1 peeled and finely diced carrot

1 finely diced small red onion

2 stalks of finely diced celery

2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise

salt

pepper

Directions:

Wash and drain the chickpeas

Using a fork, mash the chickpeas or pulse them in a food processor to a rough and chunky consistency (not a smooth hummus consistency)

Combine and mix all the ingredients in a bowl

Adjust the mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste

Enjoy!