Curried Chickpea Salad Sandwich

Ingredients

• Chickpeas

  (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned

  3 cup or 720g

• Carrots

  Raw

  1 cup chopped or 128g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  4 small or 20g

• Raisins

  Seedless

  ½ cup (not packed) or 73g

• Cashew nuts

  Nuts, raw

  4 oz or 113g

• Hummus

  Commercial

  ⅔ cup or 164g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  1 lemon yields or 47g

• Curry powder

  Spices

  1 tbsp or 6g

• Garlic powder

  Spices

  ¾ tsp or 2g

• Sea Salt

  Fine Crystals - Trader Joe's

  ¼ tsp or 1g

• Whole-wheat bread

  Commercially prepared

  12 slice or 336g

• Lettuce

  Romaine or cos, raw

  6 leaf outer or 168g

Directions

1. In a small bowl, combine thinned hummus with lemon juice, curry powder, garlic powder, and a generous pinch of salt. Blend until combined. Set aside.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, add chickpeas and roughly mash about 1/2 of the beans with the back of a sturdy fork or potato masher.
3. Add in the carrots, sliced scallions, raisins, cashews, and the hummus mixture; mix well to combine.
4. Taste for flavor, adding salt and cracked pepper to taste.
5. Spread about a 1/2 cup of salad onto a slice of bread, top with a lettuce leaf, and top with the second slice of bread. Enjoy!