Рецепт Avocado chickpea salad (and a giveaway!)
Avocado chickpea salad (and a giveaway!)
January 9, 2014 by Becca John 24 Comments
Who likes avocado toast? I doooo! One of my favourite ways to eat avocado is to slather it on toast with a tiny squeeze of lime juice and some salt and pepper. I’m kind of loving the fact that I can still have my beloved avocado toast throughout Vegan January. Or, even better, this souped up version – avocado chickpea salad, with spring onions and coriander, served in a soft pitta bread.
You might know by now that I love making chickpea salads as a quick and easy lunch option – I started off with simple creamy chickpea salad sandwiches, and moved on to a fancier version – lemony walnut chickpea salad with goat’s cheese. Ooh la la. I usually use mayonnaise in my chickpea salads, but since mayonnaise isn’t vegan*, I wanted to use avocados to add creaminess to this vegan version. Maria and Josh from Two Peas and Their Pod had obviously thought of the idea first, and I found a recipe on their blog that was just what I was after!
The avocados worked perfectly – when mixed with the chickpeas, you don’t get a huge amount of flavour from the avocado, but it works really well to hold everything together into a great sandwich filling. Most of the flavour comes from the spring onions and fresh coriander, which make the whole thing taste really light and fresh. These sandwiches would be great for a packed lunch!
* (I know you can buy vegan mayonnaise, but since I’m only eating vegan for a month, I don’t want to buy too many products that are specifically vegan. Plus I like avocados and wanted an excuse to use them!)
On an entirely different note, who fancies a giveaway? The lovely Olena from iFOODreal has just released a brand new eCookbook called 30 Clean Quick Dinner Recipes, and she’s kindly allowing me to give away a copy for free! I’ve had a good look through the eBook and I know you’ll love Olena’s recipes – I have my eye on the Asian peanut noodle salad to eat during Vegan January, and the Tex Mex bean and quinoa skillet to have as soon as the month is over! You can read more about the book, including the full list of recipes included, over at iFOODreal.
(please note that not all of the recipes in this eBook are vegetarian, but that there are ten fully vegetarian recipes, as well as two fish/seafood recipes and eighteen meat recipes. Many of these could easily be made vegetarian by using meat substitutes!)
To win your own free copy of 30 Clean Quick Dinner Recipes, use the Rafflecopter form below.
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Since there can be only one winner of the giveaway, Olena is also rewarding the rest of you with 20% off the eBook until Friday 10th January – that’s tomorrow! So if you want to buy this awesome collection of recipes for 20% less than the original price of $7.99, get buying now over at iFOODreal.
(if you buy the cookbook now and then go on to win my giveaway, Olena will give you a full refund, so there’s no reason not to go ahead and buy it!)
Avocado chickpea salad (and a giveaway!)
Recipe type: Light lunch
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 400g tin chickpeas, drained (140g when drained)
- 1 avocado
- Juice of half a lime
- 3tbsp fresh coriander, chopped
- 2 spring onions, sliced
- Salt
- Black pepper
- To serve: pitta bread, sliced tomato
Instructions
Coarsely mash the drained chickpeas and the avocado together with a fork or potato masher, and add the lime juice, coriander and sliced spring onions. Mix well and season to taste. I served mine in a pitta bread with some sliced tomato.
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If you like chickpea salads, why not try this lemony walnut chickpea salad with goat’s cheese: