This vegan Waldorf salad combines chickpeas with apples, grapes, celery, walnuts, and pecans in a creamy dressing. It makes a quick lunch, picnic dish, sandwich filling, or fresh side.
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegan mayonnaise
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 large Honeycrisp or Fuji apples cored and cubed
- 3 celery stalks cubed
- 1 can chickpeas rinsed and drained
- ½ cup red grapes halved
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
- ¼ cup pecans chopped
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, and maple syrup until all the ingredients are combined.
- In a large bowl, add the apples, celery, chickpeas, grapes, walnuts, and pecans. Pour the prepared dressing all over the salad, then toss everything together, season with ¼ teaspoon (or to taste) of sea salt, add freshly cracked black pepper to taste, and serve.
Feel free to play with different beans! For this salad, I find that chickpeas and black-eyed peas are my favorite options in terms of flavor and texture.