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'Tuna' Good to be True! The Best, Easiest & Super Healthy Garbanzo Bean Salad!

Do you love tuna salad and egg salad? Well, I have great news!

I have to admit that, years ago, pre-vegan, I used to eat a lot of  tuna salad and egg salad, whether on a sandwich, on a bed of lettuce, a scoop perched on an avocado half or stuffed into a red pepper. Oh, of course, on bagels, too! They were typical go-to’s whether I was ordering it in a restaurant or making it at home. Recreating the texture and flavor of these lunch time standards was a puzzle to veganize, at first….until I realized that garbanzos are the answer! Since fish carry so many toxins and eggs are high in cholesterol, I think it’s time for you to try my really delicious Garbanzo Salad. It’s a great alternative to the animal-derived lunchtime ho-hums and you are getting nothing but health in this yummy salad!! I hate to even use the word “substitute” in regard to my Garbanzo Salad because this recipe stands strongly on it’s own and everyone in my family scarfs it down in no time at all!

One of the keys to making this recipe authentic is to use an awesome vegan mayo. I happen to love Just Mayo by Hampton Creek. Besides being vegan, it’s non-GMO, gluten-free, egg-free, cholesterol-free, soy-free, dairy-free, lactose-free and kosher! I also add MCT Lean Oil because of the health benefits and in place of an additional spoon of mayo. 

Click here for the recipe for The Best & Easiest Garbanzo Bean Salad...plus the Health Benefits of the 'Chic" Chickpea'...
http://veganamericanprincess.com/the-best-easiest-garbanzo-bean-salad-recipe-plus-health-benefits-of...

Ellen Francis

Vegan American Princess

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