Smashed Chilli Chickpea & Avocado Salad Wrap
 
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Makes 6 wraps
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Recipe type: Sandwich / Wrap / Snack
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • Wholewheat wraps / pitta bread etc
  • Cos lettuce leaves / baby spinach leaves
  • FILLING:
  • 1.5 cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed (about 2 heaped cups cooked chickpeas)
  • 2-3 spring onions, finely chopped
  • Zest of a lemon
  • 1 small cucumber, diced
  • 2 small celery sticks, diced
  • 3 teaspoons of semi-dried chillies (Gourmet Garden brand), or 1 teaspoon chopped chillies in brine
  • ¾ cup mint leaves, chopped
  • DRESSING:
  • 3 heaped tablespoons oil free hummus
  • 2 tablespoons cashew cream (optional - replace with extra hummus)
  • Juice of a a lemon
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 1 large avocado, diced
Instructions
  1. Put the chickpeas in a food processor and pulse to chop roughly. Or smash in a bowl with a potato masher or fork. Tip into a bowl
  2. Add the spring onions, lemon zest, celery, cucumber, chillIes and mint leaves and mix well.
  3. In a separate bowl mix together the hummus, cashew cream if using, lemon juice, maple syrup and seasoning.
  4. Tip the chickpea mixture into the bowl and gently stir through the diced avocado.
  5. Warm the wraps in a hot pan or sandwich press for a minute until flexible.
  6. Place some baby spinach or a few cos lettuce leaves on the wrap, heap a few tablespoons of the mixture on top, fold up and then toast briefly to seal the edges. Cut in half and serve.
Recipe by Plant Based Family Down Under at https://plantbasedfamilydownunder.com/2018/01/21/smashed-chilli-chickpea-avocado-salad-wrap/