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This chickpea salad and avocado smash sandwich is easy peasy, vegan, and gluten-free! chickpea salad and avocado smash sandwich I’m so excited to share the first guest post on Choosing Chia by Gina Fontana from Healthy Little Vittles! Gina is a certified health coach, recipe developer, food photographer and blogger based in Columbus, Ohio, creating gluten-free, vegan, plant-based recipes that take 30-minutes or less to prepare.  You can find her recipes and read more about her health journey on her Healthy Little Vittles blog. So without further ado, here is her post!

Chickpea Salad and avocado smash sandwich

Sandwiches are just one of those go-to staples. They are easy and filling, and you can be as creative with them as you want! Essentially you can layer almost anything between two slices of bread for a hardy, delicious lunch. When I went gluten-free, my sandwich game went way down. Bread is just one of those things that I was so sad to give up, I mean- me and bread, we’re pretty close, you see. And gluten-free bread just wasn’t the same, until recently. Gluten-free bread has come a very long way! Then, I decided to adapt a more vegan lifestyle. So now the question you may be asking is, ‘why are you blogging about a gluten-free sandwich that has no meat or cheese on it’? Well, I am glad you asked- let me introduce you to this Chickpea Salad + Avocado Smash Sandwich! chickpea salad and avocado smash sandwich These chia-based everything bagels are soft and delicious. Avocado is creamy and I pretty much put avocado on everything, so it’s no surprise that it ended up in this Chickpea Salad + Avocado Smash Sandwich. Also- did you know that avocado is totally the new mayo? Genius! The chickpeas add some plant-based protein and when mixed with my garlic tahini cumin yogurt sauce, it makes for one yummy chickpea salad. I then added tomato (because what’s a sandwich without tomato?!) and spinach subbing in as lettuce. I finished off this sandwich with more smashed avocado because, why not? (Plus I hate saving half an avocado and then it goes all brown and mushy).

This chickpea salad and avocado smash sandwich is

  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free
  • High in protein
  • High in fibre
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chickpea salad and avocado smash sandwich

Chickpea salad and avocado smash sandwich

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  • Author: Gina Fontana
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 sandwiches
  • Category: Lunch
  • Cuisine: American

Description

A healthy sandwich loaded with smashed chickpeas, avocado, and veggies!


Ingredients

Sandwich

  • Everything bagel or bread of choice (I used O’Doughs)
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 can chickpeas
  • 1 tomato
  • Spinach

Garlic Tahini Cumin Yogurt

  • 2/3 cup vegan yogurt (greek style) (I used Rippl vanilla unsweetened)
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 cup tahini
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/4-1/2 tsp cumin (adjust according to taste preference)
    water to thin (if desired)


Instructions

  1. Make your garlic tahini cumin yogurt sauce by blending or whisking all ingredients
    together.
  2. Drain and rinse your chickpeas and place into your food processor/blender and pulse until
    they are all broken into very small pieces- almost blended, but be careful not to blend
    them into hummus! Then place them into a medium bowl.
  3.  Combine the chickpeas with 1/4 – 1/2 cup of your yogurt sauce (depending on how
    creamy you like your salad)
  4. Cut your avocado, spoon it into a bowl and smash it with a fork.
  5.  Assemble your sandwich with smashed avocado, chickpea salad, spinach, and tomato.

Notes

Store leftover yogurt sauce and smashed chickpeas in the fridge

You
can use the remaining yogurt sauce in this Cranberry Falafel Burger Recipe or this Oven Roasted
Carrots Recipe

This smashed chickpea and avocado sandwich is a healthy vegan gluten-free sandwich that is so easy to make!

Hi, I'm Jess!

Choosing Chia is a blog all about healthy vegetarian recipes that are easy to follow, taste delicious and focus on wholesome ingredients. I started the blog after a spontaneous trip to India where I studied the practice of yoga and wellness.

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4 Comments

  1. ALICIA CARROLL says:

    Should Vanilla yogurt be used – even if not vegan?

    1. Jess says:

      Hi Alicia, you can use a vegan yogurt or not vegan yogurt-whatever you prefer.

  2. Ela says:

    Such a great snack! I love the combo avocado & chickpeas, so yummy. 🙂

    1. Jess says:

      It’s such a great combo isn’t it!:)