I <3 Chickpeas (no really, I do!)

Well, Liz is a happy vegan - I finally picked up Vegan with a Vengeance yesterday (it was between that and Refresh, or maybe Heaven's Banquet, but hey, it's Isa ramblings we're talking about here, and I needed that recipe for the raspberry blondies). And the muffin recipes! There's so many! Very happy vegan. :D

I thought I'd try the Hijiki-Salad Sammiches first, since I didn't have hijiki, but I had nori..... thus the chickpea maki-wraps above. Muy tasty! It's beyond simple, I just mashed the chicks with nayonnaise, salt, pepper, cider vinegar, tabasco and celery seed, then I spread it on toasted nori and rolled it up with carrots, cucumber, lettuce, red onion and sunflower seeds. Oh, and Braggs to dip, of course.

Hey, look, it's thematically relevent! Peanut-Sesame Hummus from ED&BV. It's good, especially with lots of crushed peanuts swirled in.


Also..... Chickpea Cutlets?
I am so sorry for having doubted you! You taste delicious the next day, as does that addictive Mustard Sauce, I just have to remember not to form you into the shape of meat lest I get weirded out by it. (my very good vegetarian friend Ben-sen just about busted a gut laughing when I told him I'd made a shmancy fancy dinner with roasted potatoes and cutlets and everything. He also polished off the leftovers and declared them "creepy yet delicious")