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Chickpea and Seeds Sandwich

By Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD and Ayesha Sherzai, MD

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Chickpea Salad Sandwich Colin Price Photography
Photo by Colin Price Photography

Turn soaked sunflower seeds into a creamy dressing for smashed chickpeas with onions, celery, capers, and dill, then stuff into pita pockets for an easy, delicious vegan sandwich.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    20 minutes plus soaking time for seeds

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

For the salad:

½ cup raw sunflower seeds, soaked in boiling water for 30 minutes or in room temperature water overnight, drained and rinsed
3 tablespoons tahini
1 tablespoon liquid aminos
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup canned no salt added chickpeas, rinsed and drained
¼ cup of each of chopped red onion and celery (half a small red onion and 1 large stalk of celery)
1 tablespoon capers, drained and chopped (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill or fennel fronds
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

To assemble:

4 medium 100% whole-wheat pita breads
Optional garnishes: sliced red onion, cucumber, tomato, avocado, and lettuce

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Pulse sunflower seeds, tahini, liquid aminos, mustard, nutritional yeast, and lemon juice in a food processor to a coarse paste.

    Step 2

    Mash chickpeas with a potato masher or fork in a mixing bowl, then mix with the red onion, celery, capers, if using, and dill; add the sunflower seed mixture and stir lightly to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

    Step 3

    Cut pita breads in half and fill each with 3 tablespoons of the salad mixture, adding some greens, onion slices, tomatoes, and any other desired garnishes. Serve immediately or wrap with parchment paper for later.

30 Day Alzehimer's Solution Cookbook Cover
From The 30-Day Alzheimer's Solution: The Definitive Food and Lifestyle Guide to Preventing Cognitive Decline © 2021 by Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD, and Ayesha Sherzai, MD. Reprinted with permission by Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Buy the full book from HarperCollins, Amazon, or Bookshop.
TagsSandwichSunflower SeedSeedChickpeaBean and LegumeVegetableTahiniMainLunchDinnerDairy FreeVeganVegetarianEasyNo-CookFood ProcessorCookbooksHarper Collins

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