My favorite Chickpea Salad

This is a creamy salad ala chicken salad or tuna salad, made with mashed chickpeas. This is barely a recipe but i really like it and wanted to write it out. As of this writing I have made this three days in a row and ate the entire thing for lunch -- that's a lot of fiber!

Tools needed

Nothing special, just a mixing bowl, something to smash the chickpeas with (I use a potato masher but you could use a fork), and a spoon or spatula. Also a knife and cutting board to cut the celery i guess.

Ingredients

1 ~15-oz can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed (save the water in the can for aquafaba to make vegan mayonnaise

3 ribs celery, sliced into bite sized pieces

1-2 teaspoons of capers

1/4th-1/2 cup mayo -- i use homemade (see link above) and i usually use chipotle mayo, which just has a couple chipotle peppers added and juice of 1 lime instead of vinegar. Obviously you can use whatever mayo you want, including store bought or nonvegan if you don't care about eating vegan.

seasonings to taste -- MSG, garlic salt, black pepper, kelp flakes are some options i usually reach for,

Mayo recipe here

Preparation

Put the chickpeas in your mixing bowl and mash them up as much as you want -- they don't have to be totally smooth, having some texture is good.

Stir in the mayo and combine.

Add the sliced celery and capers, stir to mix it up.

Add seasonings and stir again.

Done!