Steemit Sandwich Contest Week 12: Creamy Southern-Style Chickpea Salad

Last weekend, was my sweet hubby's birthday. To honor him, a few friends and family members got together to celebrate. And, here in the Southern part of the United States, no birthday celebration (or any celebration for that matter) is complete without a bit of food. I decided to make a batch of my delicious Creamy Southern-style Chickpea Salad. This salad made an easy and delicious sandwich that was a hit with all of our party guests.

For a filling, colorful sandwich add a handful of arugula, a couple of garden fresh tomatoes and its perfect for a light meal or appetizer.

Using your handy-dandy food processor makes this is one of the easiest meals you can ever make. If you don’t have a food processor, never fear. You might have to do a bit of mashing and chopping, but it’s still an easy-peasy meal.

Since transitioning to plant-based eating, I’ve found no lack of flavor or variety in my family’s meals. Sometimes, I might have to get a little creative to recreate some of the flavors that I grew up eating. But, that “eggy” essence that is a part of a traditional Southern-Style chicken salad, was as close as my spice rack. A pinch or two of Indian black salt, also known as kala namak, does the trick.!

According to an article on One Green Planet, “Indian black salt, or kala namak, is an Indian volcanic rock salt. It is known by many names including Himalayan black salt, sulemani namak, and kala loon.” In addition to giving a boiled egg taste to your dish, Indian black salt also has a distinctly funky boiled egg smell.
And yes, I know that it sounds odd, but somehow adding this eggy addition gave my Creamy Southern-style Chickpea Salad an authentic edge. It transported me back to carefree days at my Mom’s table.

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When I was a kid, my Mom, or Meme as she was called by all her grandchildren, made some of best chicken salad around (I wasn’t always Vegan). This Creamy Southern-style Chickpea Salad captures all that wonderful taste and texture…without using any chicken or eggs. I can say without a doubt, THIS is some of the best Chickpea salad around!
This Creamy Southern-style Chickpea Salad is of full of protein rich chickpeas, pickles, celery, carrots, onions, mustard, vegan mayo and spices. It is one seriously good salad!

This creamy, delicious goodness is great as a sandwich or topping a pile of fresh salad greens and veggies!

I tried, I really tried to eat just one-half of a sandwich. No such luck. The other half of this sandwich just kept calling my name. Of course, I answered the call! Get in my belly!

Make this super, simple Creamy Southern-style Chickpea Salad. Kickback. Dig in and enjoy!

To recap, my Creamy Southern-style Chickpea Salad Sandwich contains: chickpeas, sweet pickle cubes, celery,onion, carrots, deli mustard , vegan mayo, coconut sugar, sea salt, black salt, black pepper and a pinch of cayenne pepper. You can get the exact recipe at https://www.atmemestable.com/creamy-southern-style-chickpea-salad/.

I'm BenitaG and thanks for stopping by and checking out my Creamy Southern-Style Chickpea Salad. Enjoy and see you next week for another new sandwich creation!