Time Travel With a Vegan Chickpea Caesar Salad Wrap
This tahini-or-cashew caesar dressing is a versatile food-brightener and mood-enhancer every vegan should have in their arsenal
Nothing brings me back to being a kid like a Caesar salad wrap. The creamy dressing enveloping all that romaine lettuce, contrasted against warm protein, wrapped in a tortilla that got a bit of grilling to crisp up? It felt grown-up and it felt healthy, despite the richness of Caesar dressing. At a little take-out spot called Tallulah’s next to my first adult job, they made a great one, and I would always pair it with their lemony French fries to create a contrast of fatty and acidic that I could’ve eaten every single day of my life. I probably did eat it most days that I worked there, now that I think about it.
All this time in quarantine has made me nostalgic for the crispness of that Caesar salad wrap flavor, and so I’ve decided to re-create it — vegan-style. My go-to Caesar dressing is an adaptation of Isa Chandra’s made with tahini, but if you have cashews handy, they will also work if you make a cream.
Then you chop up your lettuce, season your chickpeas, and wrap it all up before giving it a little warmth in a hot, dry pan. All of this is a guideline, because a salad wrap can be whatever…
