This mock tuna salad is absolutely delicious and makes for a quick lunch! I looove it! I like to serve it on sprouted whole wheat bread and Scott likes to serve it on toasted whole wheat.
Mock Tuna Salad
1 15oz can chickpeas (or 1 1/2 cups cooked)
2 celery stalks, washed
1 dill pickle
1 tbsp dill pickle water - optional
1 squirt lemon juice - optional
1/2 tsp onion flakes or 1 shallot minced
2 tsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 heaping spoonfuls vegan mayo (there are a few fat free and low fat brands)
1/2 tsp kelp powder
pepper to taste
shredded nori - for extra fishiness - optional
Directions:
1. Mash chickpeas
2. Shred pickle and celery (I put mine in my processor)
3. Combine all ingredients together
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Were making it right now. Yum!!
great vegan salad!!! very creative!
Oh perfect. I’ve been meaning to find a good chickpea “tunafish” recipe!
Mmmmm. This sounds even better than the luna melt in the Uncheeze cookbook. I don’t have any veganaise on hand, is there anything you might recommend as a substitute. It seems to pricey to buy a whole jar for as little as I would use it. Perhaps I will just have to stuck it up and make a batch. I have a recipe from Conscious Cuisine that I believe is vegan and also low in calories and fat.
You know, I always hated tuna…even in my omni days. But someone recently made something like this at one of our animal rights group meetings, and I loved it! Thanks for the recipe!
Also, thanks for the super-nice comment on my blog yesterday!!! That made me smile…
Oooh… great ideas
I loved tuna sandwiches on occasion and can’t wait to try this, it sounds even better! Thanks! 
Amazingly I happen to have all of the ingredients for this! I am soooo having this for lunch today!
Kelly, Susan’s website (fatfreevegan.com) has a list of recipes for homemade dairy substitutes (incl. mayo, cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, etc) many of which are low fat or fat free. Here is one that I have used in the past:
http://www.fatfreevegan.com/dressings/mayo.shtml
but there are many others to choose from.
Mmm that looks like a perfect recipe! Bring on the veganaise
My Mom was eating a tuna sandwich the other day and I had a momentary longing…this will fill the bill for me perfectly!
(minus the kelp and the nori..those are on my eeew list..LOL)
I just recently discovered this stuff and I love it! Yours looks great.
My mom has always tried to get me to like tuna but I can’t even stand the smell! This looks delicious though and maybe I’ll make my mom try it too =)
Ooo cool! What is kelp powder?
Oh YUM!! Mr. Wing-it wanted to find a good mock tuna salad just yesterday! You read our minds!!
Maggie, Kelp is a type of seaweed. It has over 70 minerals and trace elements, growth hormones, vitamins, enzymes, and proteins which include iodine, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and iron! It’s a nutritional super hero! The kelp (seaweed) is grind down to a fine powder. It looks like pepper but it smells like the sea. It sounds scary but it’s not. I really enjoy it — and its how I make all mock fish.
Thanks for the mayo recipe and also convincing me to try kelp. I have some on hand but have never used it.
YUM! Thank you so much for this recipe! Tuna is the one fish I miss from my omni days, and this really satisfied that craving. Delicious!