Recipe 002

[nina_vendredi]

So this is an adaptation of the recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance, but made to taste more like my mom's tuna salad.



Mock tuna salad
1 can chick peas drained and rinsed
1 tbsp dried hijiki seaweed
1 tbsp dried powdered or flaked dulse seasweed (optional, you can pretty much put 1-2 tbsp of whatever seaweed you want, it's mostly for the flavor, but hijiki adds texture as well. You do want to make sure that the pieces are not much more then the width of a pea)
1/4 of a small onion minced (about 2 tbsp)
3 tbsp pickle relish (sweet or dill is fine, whichever you prefer)
1/4 c. vegan mayo substitute (more or less depending on how dry/moist you want it)

put the seaweed in a bowl and cover with boiling water, let sit while you work on the rest of the recipe.

using a potato masher, mash the chickpeas in a bowl until it's fairy smooth. You don't want it as a paste, but you want to make sure that all the beans are broken up. Once that's done, dump in everything but the seaweed. Drain the seaweed first and then dump it in the bowl.

mix, add salt and pepper to taste. Serve in anyway that pleases you.

Comments

[nina-vendredi.livejournal.com]

I always feel slightly guilty for trying to share recipes, because where I live it's so easy to find just about any ingredient that you want at pretty reasonable prices. I've usually got at least a couple of substitutes and work arounds in mind for everything, because I kind of live in fear of going to visit my mother, and not being able to eat.

I've got kind of a love/hate relationship with Trader Joes, on the one hand they have so much food I can eat at really good prices, but on the other, they over package everything, and I work for a small food manufacturer, and I know what they do to businesses like ours to offer those prices.

[passionrlsusall.livejournal.com]

I guess I still think of them as a pretty small company, not as "evil" as others and based on good things.

And I grew up in the Chicago area, so back there I have access to whatever I want. Living in smaller towns, I make do or pick up stuff in other cities, and I'm also good at the substitution thing too.