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16 Vegan Recipes That Will Make You Forget Meat and Cheese

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by Emily Woodruff | COMMENT

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Barbeque Chickpea Salad Yes, you can have barbeque as a vegan. It's just in a salad. A filling, rainbow-colored, gloriously crunchy salad that won't leave you comatose with a bellyache like some baby back rib eaters we know.

Ingredients:
1 19oz can of chickpeas or 2 cups of cooked chickpeas
1/2 cup of your favorite barbeque sauce (check ingredients to make sure it is vegan)
6 cups romaine lettuce (about two romaine hearts)
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1 cup cucumber slices
Red onion, sliced thin (optional)
1 cup cooked corn kernels
Lime wedges for garnish
6 Tablespoons vegan creamy ranch dressing

Instructions:
Drain and rinse the chickpeas and add them to a sauce pan with the BBQ sauce over medium heat. Let the chickpeas simmer in the sauce for about 5 to 10 minutes until the sauce thickens and sticks to the chickpeas. Remove from heat.

Chop up the romaine lettuce, slice the cherry tomatoes in half, slice the cucumber and thinly slice the red onion.

For two meal-sized salads, divide the lettuce among two large bowls. Then divide all of the vegetable and the BBQ chickpeas on top of the lettuce. Drizzle with creamy vegan ranch dressing and garnish with a wedge of lime.

Source: It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken

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