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Not to toot my own horn, but I think that this is going to be the best mock tuna salad you ever had! I toiled over the recipe to make it perfect. It had to pass not only my taste test, and, but, more importantly, my Husband’s. It is so addicting, in fact, that I found it hard to put my spoon down. I can eat it by itself, without anything else, for a couple straight days.

I want you to make it, play with it, make it to your liking, take a picture of your creation, and then post it in the comments under this post.

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Vegan Tuna Salad Recipe

(that even tuna would love to eat)

•  yields 3.5-4 cups
• prep time: 20-25 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked garbanzo beans
• Save ½ cup of cooking water from beans (or you can use pickling juice)
• 5 stalks of celery, minced
• 5 tbsp vegan mayo*
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• ¾ tsp honey or a plant sweetener
• 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
• 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
• 3 tbsp finely chopped white onion
• 3 tbsp finely chopped green onion
• 3 tbsp relish or 1 large pickle, minced
• Ground pepper to taste (optional)
• ½ tsp sea or Himalayan salt (optional)

*you can use fat free mayo by Nasoya, or silken tofu, but make sure to blend in into mayo like consistency first. If you use tofu, add a couple of tables spoons of vinegar. 

Preparation

• Strain beans, saving ½ cup of cooking water (you don’t want to strain them completely; if you don’t, hold off adding any additional water until the end)
• Pulse beans in a food processor until they look like tuna (I like leaving little bits in for texture)

• Transfer into a large mixing bowl
• Chop celery into tiny bits (shoot for the size of relish junks)

(with a knife or a madolin)

• Add to the bean mixture
• Add mayo (or tofu), lemon juice, mustard, sweetener, herbs, onion, pepper and salt
• Mix together
• Taste to make sure that the mixture is not too dry. I like my salad consistency on the moist side, so, I added ½ cup of cooking water (from beans) to salad. If you like yours on a drier side, either omit water altogether or use less of it.

Let the salad marinate for 1-2 hours, so the juices penetrate through ingredients. Enjoy by itself or in a sandwich.

When you do make it, make sure to share a picture of your creation and let me know how you liked it.

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