Here is a delicious vegan detox salad loaded with protein from chickpeas and bursting with flavor from a homemade avocado mayonnaise as the dressing.
Chickpeas are known to help control blood sugar and protect against heart disease while providing a ton of fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
When combined with the healthy fats from the avocado and olive oil and the dense nutrition of spinach this recipe quickly becomes a powerhouse of both nutrition and flavor!
Chickpea Salad With Avocado Mayo
Ingredients
- 2 cans organic chickpeas
- 1 cup organic spinach
- 1 tbsp organic olive oil
- Juice ½ organic lemon
- Pinch sea salt
- Pinch cracked organic black pepper
- Handful organic cashew nuts, lightly toasted
- 2 organic spring onions, sliced
- 5 organic radishes, chopped
- Handful parsley, finely chopped
- 4 chives, finely chopped
- 1/2 organic avocado
- 1 tbsp organic avocado (or olive) oil
- Juice ½ organic lemon
- 3 chives, roughly chopped
- Pinch sea salt
- Pinch organic black pepper
Instructions
- 1. Drain the chickpeas and add to a medium sized pot.
- 2. Cover chickpeas with filtered or spring water and simmer for 10 minutes.
- 3. Drain excess water from the chickpeas and while still warm, stir in the spinach to cook lightly.
- 3. Put the chickpeas in a bowl. Add the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, toasted cashew nuts, spring onions, radishes, parsley and chives. Mix well and set aside.
- 4. To make the avocado mayo place the avocado, oil, lemon juice, chives, salt and pepper, in a food processor and blend until it resembles the consistency of mayonnaise. Add to salad as a dressing to taste.
- And that’s it! Enjoy the flavors while knowing you are taking care of your body. Let us know how yours turned out in the comments below!
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- Adapted from Detox Kitchen
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