Eggless "Egg Salad"

You heard/saw it right folks, Eggless, egg salad! My take on a Vegan recipe. I've said in a previous blog I'm pretty much completely dairy-free, albeit eggs are not dairy, but if I decided to do vegan I had to go all the way, otherwise it would've just been vegetarian. Now this recipe uses tofu, if you don't like tofu look away, look away now! Ha! I tout the use of Soyrizo in place of mexican chorizo, it's a game changer for the amount of fat and cholesterol in that stuff! I like tofu because it's like a blank slate, you can make it into anything and its taste is that of whatever dish or seasonings you use it in and with. I picked up a block of organic firm tofu from Trader Joes and it did not disappoint.
A 3oz serving is 91 calories and packs 10 grams of protein, calcium and iron. Bonus it's low in carbs.

The one on the right is what you need to look at. The other is from my Tuna Salad post. It's just before this one, check it out .https://sareneefood.blogspot.com/2017/06/salads-galore-tuna-salad.html

Eggeless "Egg Salad"

This serves one

3 oz Firm Tofu

1/2 a serving of Garbanzo Bean Puree(I made my own, that recipe below)

A pinch of onion powder

A few dashes hot sauce(opt)

1/2 tsp Dijon Mustard

1/2 tsp Sweet Relish

1-2 tsp Nutritional Yeast(depends on how cheesy of a flavor you want)

Salt and pepper to taste

Crumble your tofu into a bowl and add in the rest of your ingredients and 1 tsp of the nutritional yeast, mix well and taste to see if it needs more salt or if you like it "cheesier" more nutritional yeast. Add in what you think and voila eggless "egg salad". See not so scary! Next up my Puree, I don't think it can be called hummus because I didn't use tahini paste.

Garbanzo Bean Puree

This is one serving, but I only used half of it in the salad recipe

1/2 cup Canned Garbanzo Beans(drained)

1 Tbsp Almond Milk (or milk of your choice)

1 Tbsp Water

1/2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

A few leaves of cilantro (sorry it's not exact, I just threw this together, use however much you like or any other herbs you prefer)

Salt and Pepper to taste

I use a Ninja with one of the single serve smoothie cups.

Toss all of the ingredients into the container and blitz away, you want a very smooth paste, no chunks since it's acting as the mayo. Taste and see if it needs more salt, add if need be.

Now to layer up a wrap as pictured...

Use 1/2 of a Whole Wheat Lavash (yes from Trader Joes) and put a third of the mixture on half of the lavash(you're going to roll it) place a lettuce leaf on top of that, then put another third and another lettuce leaf and then the rest of the salad. Fold the lavash over and you should be able to fold it over again. There it is! A yummy lunch or in my case breakfast. It was so tasty. Go ahead try it, make my day. I even cut it on a bias, so fancy!

Happy Cooking my friends and remember to keep it Healthy and Homemade.