Best Salad #Recipe EVAR

One of my favorite items on the menu of my happy place, @joicafe, is Joi’s amazing caesar salad. I remember the first time I had it—what a REVELATION!! I was like, “whoa. I could actually eat this as a MEAL.” Prior to that time, the thought of eating a meal without rice, a sandwich, or at least a bowl of soup, was slightly cuckoo! Well, I’ve since eaten that caesar salad for MANY meals and was thus inspired to come up with my own, at home version and it was THE BOMB DOT COM (sorry, kids, for dragging that parlance out of the trash bin, but it is so appropriate). Recipe below and I’ll be adding it to the #tkvmealplanner!
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1 3/4 cups cooked chickpeas, drained
1/2 tbsp soy sauce (or coconut aminos)
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp cayenne
1 to 2 tsps garlic powder
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
1 cup ribboned lacinato kale
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
2 tbsp chopped walnuts
2 tbsp cashew cream (or hummus)
1 tbsp garlic confit (or 1 clove garlic)
1/2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp plus 1 tbsp furikake
1 to 2 tbsps water
1 tsp grated vegan cheese
handful of croutons
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Mix the chickpeas together with 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne, and EVOO. Place in air fryer at 400°F for 15 minutes. In the meantime, add lettuce, kale, red onion, celery, and walnuts into a large bowl. Blend together cashew cream, garlic, more onion powder, more soy sauce, and 1 tsp furikake, together with a little water, for dressing. Add roasted chickpeas to salad bowl, followed by dressing, more furikake, vegan cheese, and croutons.

[butterflyangel]

I love how DESCRIPTIVE you are. Your voice is soothing your stories I feel. You are truly APPRECIATED ❤️❤️

[heaven]

I grew up hating salads, but as I got older and made my own it turned out better cause I figured out I just don't like certain salads.

[VeggieGirl]

I KNOW. Everybody hates salads until they learn what a good salad is

[lesliereed]

I totally agree, I get really sad when people say they hate salads, and I always just think "you just haven't had a good salad" and when I ask him to describe, they are describing some sad iceberg lettuce with some ranch, and it makes me sad. But I think I also might be cocky because my salads are amazing lol

[BreadLady]

You have a beautiful laugh. Everytime I hear you giggle or give a little chuckle it reminds me of how absolutely wonderful human beings are. We can get joy out of these life long hobbies and in those little moments when we find humor in what we're doing....it's one of my favorite things. You're one of my favorite people to watch and I love your stories, with the way you're so well spoken about your past and your parents and how you can still be learning to overcome your most difficult moments, appreciating them even after they were so difficult.
Didn't mean to get so deep on a post about salad lol, but sometimes that's just how things turn out. Thank you for what you do, truly <33

[tinkrebelle]

not a vegan but can confirm, there's just something so satisfying about eating a good salad

[tansley]

Thank you so much for posting this. I have never tried a salad like this but my goodness it looks good. 🤤🤤🤤 I need to try this ASAP lol. 😀😝😂😎

[agas-szqf]

Looks amazing! My mother used to make this kind of salad for me when I was younger. We always had a blast making it together too.

[cousinjake]

Aunty Jo, you have the BEST laugh! It's a perfect blend of joy, confidence, and humility. That's for always being able to make me smile!

[rosey]

i absolutely LOVE the Korean culture and food and I was always so jealous of it !!! Also your voice is so mesmerizing I love your podcast !

[kylierabb]

I love watching your vids, everything always looks sooo good :)

[nelaasavic]

Your stories made me cry every time. I am really thankful finding your chanel, because I am in really weird stage of my life and your videos really help me to change my view of thinking and to try to change my relationship with food. So thank you so much for that.

[alenecameron]

This looks so GOOD, ALL OF YOUR FOOD JUST LOOKS AMAZING AND YOUR STORYTELLING IS JUST GREAT! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH

[tasninni.]

For some reason it brings me joy to see people enjoy the food they made themselves, its how proud they are the thought that, that could be the first time they have been proud of themselves in a long time or ever

[capricorngarnet]

I love this salad so much. I actually crave it and end up making it again and again. Yum! Thanks!

[meenax]

I grew up on hummous and seeing it used in different ways such as a salad dressing is certainly interesting.

[sillygoose]

Your voice is so soothing. Anytime I watch your videos, I get the same feeling you get when your drinking hot cocoa by a fireplace reading a book ❤

[kyrahlove]

I love salads!!! Light, yet filling! Yum!! Can’t wait to try your recipe. Thank you for including details in your descriptions! ❤️

[pri.sci.lla.]

I had a delicious salad the other day: greens, cabbage, walnuts, cranberries, red or purple grapes and vegan ranch. good

[mariamahmad]

Although I love your story videos...I am loving these recipe related videos quite a lot...seeing you delight over a bowl of salad and why...and giving us more food tips!✌🏼