Fishless Toona

Initially a "tuna" salad for vegans made of garbanzo beans sounded so bizarre when I first found it online. Even though I consider myself very brave when it comes to trying new foods, this concept sounded a little too strange. I finally gathered up the courage to try it after noticing so many vegan YouTube stars showcasing it in their videos. Funny enough once I did try it I fell in love with the recipe. Consequently the line 'don't knock it til' you try it' is true and I can attest.

I recently discovered that you can also make vegan "tuna" out of sunflower seeds, so I decided to try it. It turned out delicious and I now often switch between the garbanzo bean and sunflower seed "tuna" for my lunch! Usually I eat it on either bread or in a tortilla.

--- Ingredients ---

1 cup raw sunflower seeds

1 & 1/2 tBsps red onion

1 tBsp green scallion onion

3 tBsps vegan mayonnaise (I used one by Follow Your Heart)

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp onion powder

Step 1 ---

Soak the seeds in 3 cups of water overnight.

Step 2 ---

Drain the seeds in a colander and add them and all of the rest of the ingredients into a food processor. Pulse until the consistency is like actual tuna, as in the ingredients are blended up into tiny pieces. I used an ice cream scooper to place the toona in my gluten free black rice wrap pictured above.