5 salad easy vegan Recipes

sesame oil, rice vinegar or 5 tbsp cider vinegar, sugar (or your choice of sweetener), tamari or 3 tbsp light soy sauce, garlic cloves, minced, salt, to your taste, crushed red pepper flakes, to your taste, fresh ginger, minced (optional), extra firm tofu, well drained (6 cakes), mushrooms, left whole, carrot, grated (or in matchsticks), bell pepper, finely chopped (any colour except green), cabbage, shredded (optional), shallot, minced (optional), fresh mung bean sprouts (optional), coarsely chopped peanuts (optional), minced fresh cilantro (optional), minced fresh parsley (even basil would be nice) (optional), fresh tomato, diced (optional), sesame seeds (optional)

chickpeas, rinsed and drained (or about 2 cups cooked ), vegan mayonnaise (such as vegenaise), stalks celery, diced (optional), onion powder or 1/4 cup onion, minced, garlic powder (to taste), salt (to taste), pepper (to taste)

sugar snap peas (if you don tsp have enough, you can always make up the difference in fresh frozen peas), frozen peas , defrosted, unsweetened plain yogurt (vegans use soy), red onion, sugar (vegans use beet ), sea salt, fresh ground pepper, minced thyme or 3 tbsp dill or 3 tbsp chives, bacon bits (optional. vegans omit )

avocados, tomatoes, english cucumber, green onion, cilantro, lime, salt, cayenne pepper sauce (optional)