Easy, Delicious Vegetarian "Chicken" Salad

Guys. Have you ever had tempeh? I order it frequently off vegan/vegetarian menus but I finally had the pleasure of cooking with it! This vegetarian chicken salad blew my mind! Its my new favorite thing so here it is!

What you will need...

• 1 8 oz. package of organic 3 grain tempeh (Trader Joes $2) or your favorite tempeh
• 1 cup of diced onion
• 1 small crisp apple, diced
• 1/2 cup of diced red pepper
• 1/2 cup of diced bread and butter pickles (plus a splash of the pickle juice)
• 1/2 cup of very small grapes (Trader Joes, $3) 
• Mayo (recipe easily made vegan with veganaise)
• dashes of sea salt, black pepper, cumin, dried parsley, dried chives 

This is what you do...

• To season the tofu
• add 1 cup of water to a sauce pan with parsley, sea salt, cumin and chives
• break tempeh into a few smaller pieces
• let simmer, covered for 10 minutes and let the water boil off (like with rice!)
• while that is cooking dice up onion, apple, pepper and pickles
• add in a little extra pickle juice, sea salt and grapes
• dice up the seasoned tempeh and add to the mixture and put in the refrigerator to cool. 
• Once cool add about three spoonfuls of mayo and combine well. 

This recipe took about 15 minutes and I have this yummy, healthy lunch to last the whole week! I served it in a pita pocket with greens. 

Enjoy!