182 Comments

• 1. Nora  |  January 28th, 2010 at 1:43 am

  um, count me in!

• 2. Louise  |  January 28th, 2010 at 1:48 am

  This looks good even though I’m not usually excited by salad!

  Regarding your wasabi powder lacking punch, this trick that I use for Chinese mustard powder also works for wasabi powder:

  Mix it as directions in a bowl, but make sure it’s more on the dry, pasty side and not so wet. This is important because step 2 is to turn the bowl it’s in upside down so that it kinda hangs upside down for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, it’s ready to eat.

  I don’t know the scientific reasoning behind this, but I swear it makes my mustard and wasabi more spicy!

• 3. Dana  |  January 28th, 2010 at 2:16 am

  I’m always happy to see a salad on a site, as long as it is as interesting and delicious looking as this one! I think the wasabi powder is always weak but the pre-made paste is much better. I’ve given up on the powder all together.

• 4. tina  |  January 28th, 2010 at 2:19 am

  so when you say chickpeas… you mean the cooked kind right (possibly canned)? I’ve seen other recipes for chickpeas cooked this way, but I just want to be sure.

• 5. Fenke  |  January 28th, 2010 at 4:05 am

  i love salads! or rather: cold meals. especially those that consists of only favourite ingredients… chickpeas, avocado, wasabi…. yum!

• 6. Apeksha  |  January 28th, 2010 at 4:22 am

  that is one interesting salad….i am sure it IS freakin’ delicious!!!

• 7. Lynae  |  January 28th, 2010 at 5:17 am

  I’m actually thrilled to see a yummy salad recipe like this. I really like salads but hardly ever make them because I can never think of anything that sounds that great. I’m usually a great improviser, too!

  This looks awesome. Thank you!

• 8. Lindsay  |  January 28th, 2010 at 6:22 am

  Wow this recipe sounds delicious (and looks it). i am so glad to see you’re back into posting yummy recipes!

• 9. Winnie  |  January 28th, 2010 at 7:45 am

  I, for one, love salad. Esp. ones I haven’t seen before….like this! Love the idea of wasabi tamari chickpeas- so happy you’re back!

• 10. Maria  |  January 28th, 2010 at 9:12 am

  I’m also a little confused by what kind of chickpeas should be used.

• 11. mangocheeks  |  January 28th, 2010 at 9:34 am

  Wasabi in a salad. Now that is one to try and with chickpeas whcih I always enjoy eating.
  I am assuming you are using ready cooked/tinned chickpeas here.

• 12. Kristin V.  |  January 28th, 2010 at 9:41 am

  This looks amazing!!! And actually, my hubby and I try to eat a big salad for lunch every day, so we DO like to find salads (or at least salad dressing recipes) on vegan sites or in cookbooks :D

• 13. thedelishdish  |  January 28th, 2010 at 9:55 am

  this isnt just any old salad! it looks fantastic and i especially like the idea of avocado and wasabi coming together in the dressing! thanks for the recipe :)

• 14. Amanda  |  January 28th, 2010 at 10:03 am

  Damn, this looks amazing! I’m not a huge salad person (my greens from Trader Joe’s always go bad before I can finish them) but I will most certainly be making this the next time I have a super ripe avocado on my counter top. Thank you for posting this!! gah, its 10:03am and I want a freaking salad now.

• 15. tabitha  |  January 28th, 2010 at 10:32 am

  mmm
  i will leave out the wasabi…but the rest sounds good
  i love a good salad recipe–they are hard to come by!

• 16. Helena  |  January 28th, 2010 at 11:20 am

  Don’t be afraid of posting salad recipes! I rarely see salads on vegan blogs nowadays. Am I reading the wrong blogs?

• 17. Susanne  |  January 28th, 2010 at 11:46 am

  Just made this. Excellent!

• 18. Mandi  |  January 28th, 2010 at 12:10 pm

  This looks amazing. If you have anymore salad recipes, please post away! I love salads, especially those with chickpeas. The dressing sounds really unique. I can’t wait to try it.

• 19. Maggie  |  January 28th, 2010 at 12:22 pm

  This looks lovely–a good brightener in mid-winter! I’ve really enjoyed a salad of tender greens with mashed avacado, sea salt, fresh-squeezed orange juice and pepper as a dressing. Just mash it all together with your hands. That simple, and delicious–if not pretty! My good friend made it for me and I was hooked.

• 20. Kalynskitchen  |  January 28th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

  Lauren, this looks like a winner! What a unique combination (and extra wasabi for me please.)

• 21. McKenzie Manning  |  January 28th, 2010 at 12:45 pm

  I have been vegan for a little over nine months now. And I am absolutely terrible at making salads. Although this one has a lot of ingredients, i found it didn’t take me too much time and I thoroughly enjoyed the end result. Whenever I go out to eat, I am never the one to pick a salad. But I had such great results from the recipe that I cannot wait to make it for my friends.
  You were also very right about the dressing! I tried dipping my finger in it for a taste and I prefer it much better on the salad.

• 22. Tori  |  January 28th, 2010 at 2:01 pm

  Welcome back, darlin’!!!! I squealed with glee when I checked out your page today! This recipe looks amazing! I am so excited I can’t cool it with the exclamation points!!!

• 23. Johanna  |  January 28th, 2010 at 2:35 pm

  This looks might tasty! I will try this, for sure. I have been missing your posts, and I’m glad to see you popping back into my google reader lately.

• 24. sugar plum  |  January 28th, 2010 at 4:00 pm

  Your salads are the best in town and yeah even if u post one everyday-i’ll still be here and with fantastic combis like these i could eat salad for the rest of the days and keep coming for more…..

• 25. Nell  |  January 28th, 2010 at 6:07 pm

  I know what I’ll be cooking for dinner tonight. :-)

  Nice to have new recipes from you. You always inspire me.

• 26. Kittty  |  January 28th, 2010 at 7:33 pm

  Wow! That does look freaking delicious!

• 27. Hannah  |  January 28th, 2010 at 8:09 pm

  No issues with salad recipes here! Particulary when they have wasabi and chickpeas… mmm…

• 28. Ashley  |  January 28th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

  This looks fantastic! Salads are great, vegan or not, and this one has a lovely combination of ingredients :)

• 29. Dirk L. Archibold-Chester  |  January 29th, 2010 at 6:22 am

  This does look delicious, and also looks quite easy to make. Will have to send it over to the health-consious S.O.

  Dirk
  Food Lovers Heaven

• 30. Giulia  |  January 29th, 2010 at 9:11 am

  OMG, this is my DREAM SALAD!! :-) I’m not so sure about the broccoli…but if you say it’s good I’ll give it a try :-) Just have to check with my (vegan) nutritionist if i’m allowed to have avocado…being on a diet sucks sometimes :-P

• 31. Katrina Dingle  |  January 29th, 2010 at 9:20 am

  This salad screams YUM. I’m going to try it tonight. Your recipes are the best!!

• 32. Koek!  |  January 29th, 2010 at 9:27 am

  What a gorgeous, crunchy-looking salad! Wish I knew where to get hold of wasabi powder…

• 33. lululu  |  January 29th, 2010 at 10:00 am

  the dressing sounds awesome!
  the spicy kick from wasabi seems to go perfectly with those crunchy veggi!

• 34. Cheryl  |  January 29th, 2010 at 6:44 pm

  I’m looking forward to trying your dressing. I also make dressings with avocado, usually with ginger and lemon and sometimes some tahini, but I have never tried wasabi with my avocado.

  By the way, I have been enjoying your new cookbook!

  Cheryl

• 35. Michael  |  January 30th, 2010 at 2:34 am

  I made this tonight and it was very good. Thank you for another recipe of great inventiveness! We had it as the main dish tonight as a picnic in the local park.

  For next time I will definitely double all the strong flavour ingredients (soy, wasabi, mustard). I used wasabi paste as I don’t think that we get wasabi powder here in New Zealand. I’m not sure whether that’s less spicy than wasabi powder but it gave a hint of flavour and no kick.

• 36. Stella  |  January 30th, 2010 at 12:32 pm

  This salad looks awesome, and the recipe for the dressing sounds like the jam-and I’m not talking jelly here. I’m talking about rockin’ good!

• 37. Natalie  |  January 30th, 2010 at 5:08 pm

  I love salads and this one looks amazing. Must try it very soon.

• 38. Abby  |  January 30th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

  Sounds incredible & I’m glad you mentioned about the wasabi powder b/c I tried to duplicate super-spicy wasabi mashed potatoes I had in a restaurant & had the same, mild result. Maybe wasabi paste is hotter?

• 39. plantacious (also cheeseaday.com)  |  January 31st, 2010 at 1:18 am

  I haven’t made the salad yet, but your photos make me want to eat my monitor :D I really love how simple it looks, but when you start looking deeper it seems the layering is quite on purpose. Great photos!!

• 40. Vegan Food Round-Up&hellip  |  January 31st, 2010 at 12:49 pm

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• 41. Kinder  |  January 31st, 2010 at 11:30 pm

  Hi! I just wanted to say that I bought your cookbook last night. My daughter (16) is a new vegan and we are trying to support her in it. I saw your cookbook and loved it right away because of all the pictures! I LOVE a cookbook with lots of pictures! I made your lemon cranberry cupcakes today, and they are soooo good. There are so many recipes that I (a non-vegan) am dying to try!

• 42. L  |  February 1st, 2010 at 2:09 pm

  Salad looks tasty.

  Now that you’re back at the blog, are you planning on contacting your book testers? I know several who are still waiting to hear from you…

• 43. Emily  |  February 1st, 2010 at 3:16 pm

  This salad was easy, tasty, and filling! It pretty much mashed all of my favourite foods and flavours together. I used wasabi paste, because I already had it in the house, and I got the same result as you did: a yummy wasabi taste, but no spice at all. I had to leave out the almonds because I’m allergic, but I LOVED the chick peas and broccoli. I’ll definitely be making this salad again.

  Glad you’re back! =D

• 44. Nutritious Foodie  |  February 1st, 2010 at 5:04 pm

  Great salald.. can’t wait to give it a try.

• 45. HealthJunkie  |  February 1st, 2010 at 7:55 pm

  I don’t even care that it’s a salad! I love wasabi in anything. < title="HealthJunkie–Come see my blog!" href="http://healthjunkie-foodyouwanttoeat.blogspot.com"<HealthJunkie–Come see my blog!

• 46. BlessedMama  |  February 1st, 2010 at 10:43 pm

  Looks beautiful, and I love salads!

• 47. Elizabeth  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 12:09 am

  Nom nom nom sounds delicious! I will give it a try but completely ignore the wasabi :) (My taste buds refuse profusely!)
  thank you for sharing!
  Elizabeth.

• 48. mary  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 2:41 pm

  This looks like a great salad. For the wasabi, try mixing it into a paste with a bit of hot water first and letting it rest for five minutes or so before whisking it in with the other ingredients. For some reason, the hot water brings out the heat more, if that is what you are interested in. I hope this helps.

• 49. Michelle  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 3:49 pm

  Just curious, is there a reason you avoid garlic? I’m allergic, and was wondering. Your recipes rock, and it’s an awesome bonus that I don’t have to try to compensate for flavor loss from leaving out the garlic found in most vegan recipes!!!

• 50. Michelle  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 3:52 pm

  Also, A+ to “Kinder”, who posted about supporting her 16-year-old daughter’s new vegan lifestyle!!! That’s awesome!

• 51. Jennifer  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 6:56 pm

  Fantastic salad and fun to make!

• 52. Tori  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 8:13 pm

  Hey Lolo! Love your recipes. I linked to you on my Jewish cooking blog today… vegan recipes like yours are really helpful for kosher cooks!

• 53. sk  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 9:07 pm

  just made this salad, loving it. my wasabi powder definitely has a kick to it!

• 54. Kelly  |  February 3rd, 2010 at 10:28 am

  So saving this recipe. This sounds fantastic.

• 55. Amber  |  February 3rd, 2010 at 1:18 pm

  Saw it! Made it! Ate it! LOVED IT!!!!

• 56. Krys  |  February 3rd, 2010 at 6:22 pm

  Wow. Now this is a salad! And the kind I would eat. I am not a fan of salads. This one, I could become a fan of.

• 57. Cammy  |  February 3rd, 2010 at 10:16 pm

  hi i was just wondering if the blueberry waffle recipe in your cookbook could be made into pancakes because i dont own a waffle maker, thanx

• 58. Suzanne  |  February 4th, 2010 at 3:06 pm

  Ok, so I don’t usually use the adjective “freakin” but yes, this salad is freakin delicious!!! Just made it–very easy–and will definitely be a staple for my own dinners and company dinners.
  Thanks!!!

• 59. Brenna  |  February 4th, 2010 at 4:09 pm

  Hi there! I just made this salad & it was SO yumyum!

  I subbed walnuts & some leftover wasabi from sushi take out. I think i may add sraichi to kick things up a bit next tme, but dang this was the best salad I have had in forever!!!!!!!!

  This is the first of your recipes I have made and I will be back to explore your archives.

• 60. Cookin' Canuck  |  February 5th, 2010 at 1:03 pm

  Sometimes a salad is set down in front of me and I can’t stop eating it because the flavors are so complex and alluring. I can tell that this would be one of those salads. Well done!

• 61. Fuji Mama  |  February 5th, 2010 at 4:51 pm

  This salad sounds/looks absolutely amazing! I’m especially excited to try the dressing!

• 62. Heather  |  February 7th, 2010 at 7:22 pm

  I think it’s a great idea to post salads from time to time. People get tired of the same old salads, but many don’t know how to invent something new. I often make healthy vegan salads on my video blog and this one looks so awesome, I may just have to try it. I’ll give you credit for sure. Thanks!

• 63. sharon  |  February 7th, 2010 at 10:55 pm

  definitely don’t try this with dried chickpeas — i did, and nearly broke my jaw.

  delicious otherwise, though!

• 64. kim  |  February 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am

  You’ve combined all my favorite ingredients – chickpeas, avocado and of course salad greens! Btw, what od you usually order when you dine out? I find my choices were really limited when I go out with my mom (she’s not a vegan though).

• 65. Francis Hammond  |  February 8th, 2010 at 11:51 am

  this salad looks really great, I am going to try this with my children tomorrow

• 66. Ginger in La.  |  February 8th, 2010 at 2:57 pm

  I am glad you are back. I’m a new vegan and stumbled upon your blog and spent hours reading backwards! I’ve tried some of your recipes and love every one so far! AND I ordered your book – it should arrive today and I’m super excited!!! I can’t wait to make this salad – my 15 yo is an ardent wasabi lover!

• 67. Lindsay  |  February 9th, 2010 at 12:05 pm

  my husband and i are trying out vegetarianism and i just ordered your book… i’m so excited to try your recipes!!

• 68. Chukwuma  |  February 9th, 2010 at 11:28 pm

  As a newly converted [former (sloppy) vegetarian turned] vegan, I would like to thank you for the great book and the recipes on this site. I prepared this salad today and it was better than I would have ever expected. Great work.

• 69. Chinmayi  |  February 10th, 2010 at 12:23 am

  I made it tonight and agreed, the wasabi didn’t have much punch. Also, this recipe makes for a LOT of dressing…I didn’t anticipate it would make that much!

• 70. veronica lin  |  February 10th, 2010 at 3:05 am

  lauren, your book has changed my life, i never imagine that being a vegaetarian can be so rewarding (both physically and mentally),
  thank you very much!
  veronica
  a big fans of you from hong kong

• 71. Genevieve  |  February 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm

  This looks amazing!

  I just received your book and cannot wait to try your delicious
  creations.

  Thanks for the inspiration and bravo for your book and blog!

  :-)

• 72. Emily  |  February 10th, 2010 at 6:39 pm

  Amazing! This salad is defiantly freaking delicious. Thanks so much for all your wonderful recipes!

• 73. Joy R3FitShow  |  February 13th, 2010 at 11:26 pm

  Great salads are underrated..Bland iceberg salads are overrated!

• 74. Ariella  |  February 14th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

  hurray! I only use my wasabi powder when I make maki rolls, so I am excited to have another way to use it up before another decade passes. My husband is allergic to avocado though (I know, it’s a huge drag!) do you think I should just up the hummus a little a maybe grind some cashews as well to throw in?? Or should I use a little veganaise??? Any thoughts are welcome.

• 75. Kapil  |  February 14th, 2010 at 11:04 pm

  My first ever experience cooking for myself (blame my mum and my aunt’s delicious cooking for my late blossoming…) and this turned out to be quite good.

  Ok correction, it was freakin’ fantastic!

• 76. Tracy  |  February 16th, 2010 at 9:38 am

  Yeah!!! My husband went searching for your cookbook and found it! I can’t wait to try all the yummy dishes! Your photography is amazing by the way! Thanks for making such a great book (and blog!)

• 77. Anne  |  February 16th, 2010 at 12:41 pm

  I just ordered your book from amazon, can’t wait to get it!

• 78. Alison  |  February 16th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

  Are you still using a canon 30 d ?

• 79. Erika  |  February 16th, 2010 at 6:01 pm

  I made this tonight.

  I used wasabi paste, and I thought the dressing was a bit too….wasabi-ish? I love wasabi, but It’s all I could taste. And I think I over-cooked the chickpeas trying to get them “golden” (they were more “brown” by the end), and I found the tamari taste to be very strong. But all in all, it was certainly an interesting salad.

• 80. Don’t Panic! ItR&hellip  |  February 16th, 2010 at 11:42 pm

  [...] did take a quick break between gardening. I made this recipe from Vegan Yum Yum yesterday and had the left-overs for lunch. It was just as delicious as the day [...]

• 81. Eddy  |  February 17th, 2010 at 12:42 am

  Thank you for the recipe. Mom been wanting to get her hands on some recipe with wasabi. She is going to love thank you

• 82. sandra  |  February 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am

  Hi! I am happy you are back!! I really admire your blog. The pictures are wonderful. How did you learn to shoot food? Sandra

• 83. River  |  February 17th, 2010 at 2:09 pm

  I must try this wonderful salad – certainly an entree salad! – asap. Thanks so much for this idea. We are always looking for new things to do with avocados and with chickpeas – and love wasabi (although until this moment I have used the paste from a tube rather than the powder). Your warnings are noted :)

  I want to add that I was searching for a new asparagus recipe 1/2 hour before lunch today and googled – found your wonderful recipe, posted last May, here: http://veganyumyum.com/2009/05/chili-almond-asparagus/ We had to adapt for a lack of a couple of ingredients (don’t you just hate it when you hear that!) but are going shopping to try it again – it was stupendously good just as it was! I’m leaving a comment under that recipe, with our thanks.

• 84. Caroline  |  February 17th, 2010 at 9:49 pm

  I just started down the vegan path – this salad was AWESOME! Both my 3-year-old and meat-loving husband couldn’t get enough!! Thanks for this great blog.

• 85. tracy in pa  |  February 18th, 2010 at 2:18 pm

  creative…i LOVE chickpeas and you have now given me an idea of things to do to them… :) have any others…please let me know… pletcher@zoominternet.net a million thanks… :)

• 86. Melissa  |  February 18th, 2010 at 8:21 pm

  Got your book yesterday! YAY! It looks awesome, love all the pictures and details.

  So exciting :) Congrats on all your well deserved successes!

• 87. labgirl  |  February 19th, 2010 at 12:27 pm

  hi lauren, so glad to see new recipes! i can’t wait to try this one!

• 88. Tara  |  February 19th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

  This salad was absolutely delicious! My meat eating husband said it was his new favourite and insisted I make it again!

• 89. Mj in Dubai  |  February 20th, 2010 at 6:35 am

  I can’t wait to try this! Especially the dressing. And I’ve just ordered your book can’t wait for it to arrive!

• 90. Ashley  |  February 20th, 2010 at 9:55 pm

  Lauren, I was a tester for your book and am STILL waiting for my copy. You haven’t even shown me the respect of responding to my emails. This is so unappreciative and disrespectful. Please contact me.

• 91. liz  |  February 21st, 2010 at 10:49 am

  lolo, I love you. I can’t even tell you how exactly perfect this salad dressing is calling to me! I just recently got into avocado + mustard and anything with wasabi should already be in my mouth. So making this!

• 92. Jenny  |  February 21st, 2010 at 6:05 pm

  This is the tastiest salad I have ever had – I’ve had it four times in two weeks. Brilliant!

• 93. peteformation  |  February 22nd, 2010 at 9:03 am

  Wow, the creamy and yummy taste of avocado in the salad. Nice!

• 94. himawari  |  February 22nd, 2010 at 7:00 pm

  Hi Lauren – I bought your book last month and I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE it. Right after I got it, I started marking recipes I wanted to try and pretty soon almost every page had a sticky note so I had to think of some other way to decide what to make!

  I’m especially awed by the baked kale – I love how simple it is but it is SO amazingly delicious. It takes all I have not to eat the whole thing straight off the cooking sheet out of the oven. I’ve also tried about five other dishes and I really appreciate how simple and flexible the recipes are. Thank you so much for sharing such wonder recipes!

• 95. Smokey Tempeh Hummus Wrap&hellip  |  February 22nd, 2010 at 10:50 pm

  [...] at Aut Bar, tempeh burgers at just about every bar…. Having made a giant batch of hummus for VeganYumYum’s Avocado Wasabi Salad, I was itching to make something with hummus. About two weeks ago, I made a salad with smokey [...]

• 96. Chitra  |  February 23rd, 2010 at 4:51 pm

  this looks amazing! so fresh and love the dressing. hummus makes everything better:)

• 97. Lisa  |  February 23rd, 2010 at 5:36 pm

  Hi there. I’m a long time vegetarian, recent vegan, and I just wanted to tell you how amazing your blog is. I’m sure it can get overwhelming at times, but you are seriously helping so many people live more ethical lifestyles. Thank you!

• 98. Dinner Salad « Crew&hellip  |  February 25th, 2010 at 7:24 pm

  [...] Vegan In keeping with our veggie themed meals this week, tonight’s dinner was a very hearty Avocado-Wasabi Salad.   This worked very well into my weight loss plan as it was healthy…..but filling.  And [...]

• 99. Jenna  |  February 27th, 2010 at 8:43 am

  Hey!
  I just came across your blog and I really enjoy reading!
  Come check out mine and follow :)
  Jenna

• 100. Gena  |  February 27th, 2010 at 10:26 pm

  You’re back! Hooray!

  Girl, I’m happy to see a salad anyday!

• 101. Eco-Vegan Gal  |  February 28th, 2010 at 5:38 am

  Thank you for sharing this – I’m always looking for a good salad recipe, especially one with avocado!

• 102. shannonmarie  |  February 28th, 2010 at 8:45 am

  There’s nothing wrong with posting a salad. I think it is beautiful, and it probably tastes good, too.

• 103. Peter Jonas  |  March 1st, 2010 at 11:49 am

  Avocado Salad sounds so good. I hope I could have one while having some music distribution around… Hope you could have freebies.

• 104. Salad, salad, how can you&hellip  |  March 1st, 2010 at 12:32 pm

  [...] So here’s my confession:  I de-veganized it.  I didn’t mean to, but the avocados were brown, not green when I cut into them, and they’re the base of the dressing.  I have since made it with the avocado dressing, which was delicious as a dip or smeared onto bread.  I preferred my non-vegan version, and I’ll make it again my way.  I’m going to post my version  here, if you would like to see the pure vegan version click here.  [...]

• 105. liz  |  March 2nd, 2010 at 11:30 pm

  this salad looks fantastic. A great and interesting salad is hard to make and this kills it.

  Also, I just received your book!!!! I am so ridiculously excited, the pictures are so so beautiful and the recipes look delicious. Can’t wait to start cooking.

• 106. Cherie  |  March 3rd, 2010 at 11:57 pm

  This looks delicious! It’s not often you find a salad with such an appealing look, and it sounds like it would taste great too.
  The wasabi I’ve used does have quite a kick, so I’d guess your wasabi had mellowed over time. Good suggestion to start slowly and add more later if needed.

• 107. Grab ‘n’ Grow&hellip  |  March 4th, 2010 at 11:11 am

  [...] I enjoyed this with leftover Avocado Wasabi Salad ala Vegan Yum Yum: [...]

• 108. Heather @ Side of Sneakers  |  March 4th, 2010 at 3:54 pm

  That salad sounds delicious (and LOOKS beautiful too!) I think the flavors of creamy avovcado and spicy wasabi sound fantastic paired together!!

• 109. Suzanne  |  March 5th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

  yum…this salad looks amazing! Avocados are one of my favorites and I’m always on the lookout for great recipes that include them!

• 110. Forensic Artist  |  March 7th, 2010 at 8:18 am

  Looks yummy, i have to try this!

• 111. Harry Oh!  |  March 8th, 2010 at 12:14 am

  Hi i’m “Harry the carnivore guy with the vegan lady-friend”. Catchy name isn’t it?

  Cooking is a hobby of mine and for reasons you could guess i was referred to your site.

  I absolutely love the food that comes from vegan-yum-yum. But before any of that i am in awe at the grace and design of this website, the refreshing sense of voice in the recipe instructions, and the personality found throughout all of it.

  Kudos to you. For the good eats, the great views, and making vegan cooking something enjoyable for me and other non-vegmeisters.

  H

• 112. Rebekah  |  March 8th, 2010 at 11:02 pm

  oh. my. god. I. am. starving. why did I have to find your site when all I have to eat is a can of green beans? Guess it’s time to grocery shop. Instant fan of your blog!

• 113. Wild Rice & Mushroom &hellip  |  March 9th, 2010 at 9:37 am

  [...] salad was inspired by VeganYumYum’s Avocado Wasabi Salad, with paprika taking the central role in place of [...]

• 114. EM  |  March 11th, 2010 at 12:19 pm

  OOH! I’m making this salad this weekend! It’s looks SO amazing!

  By the way, it seems that straight-up wasabi powder added to a recipe results in hardly any wasabi flavor. You first have to add hot water (one-to-one ratio), mix it, and let it sit for about five minutes. It’s a HUGE difference to just using the powder.

  Thanks for the awesome recipes!!

• 115. Andria @ Veg is Sexy  |  March 11th, 2010 at 1:27 pm

  I really don’t like wasabi but maybe I could get into this!

• 116. Tyler Horton  |  March 11th, 2010 at 1:52 pm

  Came to you through google searching Advocado salad. They are on sale this week, looks amazing.

• 117. Ann  |  March 11th, 2010 at 1:59 pm

  Made the salad, though I substituted the broccoli for cabbage and only put a minimum of the oil in the dressing. It’s awesome though!!!

• 118. Patty  |  March 11th, 2010 at 2:51 pm

  I’ve gotta say I’m really not a big fan of salads but this was absolutely delicious.

• 119. Nicole  |  March 13th, 2010 at 3:17 pm

  This salad looks so good! Here is a non-salad related question though…where do I find Sheese and Dr. Cow “cheese” in Boston? Does anyone know? Do I have to suck it up and order from the internet and have it be way expensive? If you do, let me know, I hate all of the other kinds.

• 120. jen  |  March 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm

  just made this tonight, luckily everything was already in my pantry! so good. seriously, delicious.

• 121. Stephanie  |  March 17th, 2010 at 12:26 pm

  In response to Nicole – I don’t know about Sheese and Dr Cow “cheese” but Daiya makes an amazing meltable vegan cheese that you can find at Whole Foods and a growing number of restaurants.

• 122. Laurie | Your Ill-fitting Overcoat  |  March 17th, 2010 at 5:59 pm

  I made an amazing vegan wrap out of this recipe!

  I made a thicker version of the avocado-wasabi dressing (doubled all the ingredients except the oil) and spread it on a whole wheat pita with some fresh spinach, shredded carrot, and the wasabi chickpeas. It made 3-6 servings, depending on whether you eat a whole wrap or a half (they’re gigantic!).

  It packed well for lunch & I ate another for dinner! Delish!

• 123. Laurie | Your Ill-fitting Overcoat  |  March 17th, 2010 at 6:03 pm

  p.s. My wasabi powder was about as spicy as it is on sushi, maybe just a tad less. It’s also a brand spanking new container, so maybe that’s why.

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• 126. laura gallagher  |  March 18th, 2010 at 11:38 am

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• 128. Renee Clark  |  March 21st, 2010 at 4:22 pm

  I did a google search looking for ideas for salad ingredients to go with the Miso-Wasabi dressing I bought yesterday at the Farmer’s Market. Avocado, chick peas, shredded carrot, slivered almonds – just what I needed! I think I’ll add some pea pods also. I love the internet! Even though it’s not exactly your recipe, you provided just the inspiration I needed. Thanks!

• 129. Leah  |  March 22nd, 2010 at 11:58 pm

  So yummy! I love your recipes. I just got your cookbook and its already one of my top favorite cookbooks. Love it love it!!

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• 131. Panda  |  March 24th, 2010 at 8:56 pm

  This was fantastic!!!
  The flavours were great and it was a very filling meal. Even my boyfriend and our exchange student who are quite vocal if there is no meat really enjoyed it.

  Try this recipe! Its a good one!

• 132. Francis Hammond  |  March 25th, 2010 at 11:55 am

  Really nice
  fresh and appetizing, thanks

• 133. Stephanie  |  March 28th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

  I love the idea of turning this salad into a wrap–it’d be a great lunch to send to work with my husband!

  You have been absent for a while again; I hope all is well with you!

• 134. J  |  March 29th, 2010 at 9:08 am

  Apparently this is going to be another instance where she doesn’t post anything for like 5 months.

• 135. J  |  March 29th, 2010 at 10:52 am

  She can’t bother to update her blog but she sure can post pics up on her flickr, and in a few months she”ll come back with some excuse and apology. I know staying at home take up “a lot” of time but i don’t think posting something up at least once a month is so difficult. All of a sudden after her cookbook comes out her posting becomes sporadic .theppk.com is a way better site. Isa may not make a post every month but thats because she’s actually busy working coming up with new cookbooks, which isn’t an excuse for Lauren. I’m done paying attention to this ridiculous blog that she doesn’t even pay any attention to herself. As soon as she got the money from the cookbook she stopped paying attention to those who actually went out and bought it

• 136. Stephanie  |  March 29th, 2010 at 12:17 pm

  Honestly, I’ve got to agree with you, J–Vegan Dad has 4 kids and manages to post regularly. I forgive her for one absence, if it truly was medically necessary. But by letting her blog languish like this, she’s practically ensured that she’ll have no audience for a second cookbook, should she ever get around to writing one. I don’t think I’ll be coming back to this blog, either–there are many, many fantastic vegan bloggers who care about their readers. Lauren is obviously not one of them.

• 137. Amy  |  March 29th, 2010 at 3:18 pm

  I understand folks’ frustration, but blogs are organic entities, that need to hibernate every once in awhile if that’s what their keepers need to do as well. That said, I do hope that Lolo will come back and give us more goodies! Her readers do need to keep in mind that almost all blogs kept by private parties can’t go on forever as people grow and change.

  My husband and I keep a vegan blog (as well as personal blogs and other websites) and all of the upkeep can be very taxing. We have gotten a lot from VYY over the years- namely this most recent salad (YUM!) and the “Super Quick Tomato Basil Cream Pasta.” Seriously. Search for it on this blog. It will change your life.

  While Lolo is resting, we would love to have you over to our house for dinner: http://irreverentvegan.com
  Take care Lolo!

• 138. Dianne  |  March 29th, 2010 at 4:25 pm

  Whether you want to admit it or not, when posts are few and far between, people will eventually flock to other blogs and forget about this one. Just a fact. Either way, I will deal.

  What I do feel badly about is the testers. I hope they have finally received their copy of the book. I’ve noticed a few angry posts about that and I agree it’s ridiculous and an embarassment.

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• 140. Amy  |  April 1st, 2010 at 10:31 am

  Mmm this looks tasty!! It’s making my tummy growl!

• 141. L  |  April 1st, 2010 at 2:34 pm

  I’m a tester, and I still haven’t received my book. I’ve tested for probably five different authors by this point, and none have been as ungrateful/neglectful (either intentionally or unintentionally) as Lauren.

• 142. Ting  |  April 1st, 2010 at 2:48 pm

  Dear Lolo, I fall in love with your blog since the first time i saw it. Your beautiful posts inspires me to cook, excites me to pick up my camera to shoot. Your absence in this blog do brought up concerns to readers in different ways. Hope you are able to take it easy on the comments, alright. Different individuals handle situations differently; have different weaknesses and strengths. People’s words can be a killing tool, they can demoralize one’s spirit drastically sometimes. People may comment out of anger, frustration; people may comment out of concern, love, it doesn’t matter, k. Don’t lose yourself, even if at the end of the day, people chose not to visit this blog anymore or buy your cookbook, it doesn’t matter really. We have to realize that balance from within ourselves, take all the time you need, don’t set a deadline, because you might find yourself trapped by Time and readers’ Expectations, it’s a bad cycle, this may burden your stress level and pulls you down deeper. Don’t lose the most precious treasure you possess, that is your inner being, your pure consciousness. You know, no one human is perfect, we all have flaws, we all are learning, but many times we don’t realize our own flaws yet magnifying other people’s. You know, you are embraced with such beautiful and kind soul..though I do not know you in person, but in some way I feel connected with you, you are not alone alright. Sincerely wish you well, you formed a piece of puzzle in my life, a beautiful person I know of. Thank you! >_<

• 143. Ginger in La.  |  April 1st, 2010 at 11:09 pm

  Made this salad last night for dinner. Delicious! Thank you so much for posting it! My 15 year old daughter dearly loves both wasabi and avocado, so I knew she’d love it. I served it as a special “welcome home” dinner for her. She had been a counselor at horse camp for earlier in the week.

  Thanks again for the recipe! I am also loving your book!

• 144. Whitney  |  April 3rd, 2010 at 10:03 pm

  I find that wasabi powder MUST be mixed with a little liquid and allowed to sit before it gets spicy. If you add it to things dry, it tends to lack that signature wasabi bite. I added it to some vegan mashed potatoes, once, and it tasted completely mild the night we ate it, then the next day as leftovers it had magically become spicy.

• 145. tess  |  April 4th, 2010 at 12:51 am

  Thanks for all the awesome recipes, though I haven’t said it before. Whether you post twice a day or twice a year, I’m excited to see what you’ve come up with. I do intend to buy your book soon, but in the meantime I’ve gotten so many fantastic recipes for FREE from this blog, I can’t really thank you enough!

• 146. Valerie  |  April 4th, 2010 at 9:03 pm

  Hi, Lauren. Ignore the people who aren’t happy with you not blogging. You don’t owe it to anybody to blog and don’t really even have to give an excuse. The recipes that you have posted so far have been great; your cookbook is one of the nicest I have in my collection.
  I’ll check in occasionally to see if and/or when you post again.

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• 148. Allison  |  April 7th, 2010 at 11:59 am

  This salad looks delicious. Not a big fan of wasabi, but otherwise yummy. Lolo pleeease start blogging again. I’ve been reading your blog for a long time and every time I check to see if you’ve written, I’m disappointed to see the same recipe.

• 149. Jess  |  April 7th, 2010 at 7:19 pm

  My girlfriend made this salad for me and added spicy microgreens and it was SOOO delicious. I love your blog and can’t wait to try more recipes! Keep up the good work -

• 150. E  |  April 8th, 2010 at 10:43 am

  It always amazes me how people feel it necessary to post hateful things….or how they have the balls to be so demanding…or how they think this won’t come back karmically to bit them on the ass.

• 151. lisbet  |  April 8th, 2010 at 12:07 pm

  The dressing itself stands alone!

  I had a salad but realized I was out of dressing- looking through my bookmarks I found this dressing and lept at the chance to use up a ripe avocado.

  I subbed red wine vinegar for the white wine vinegar,
  and horseradish for the wasabi powder. SO GOOD.

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• 153. Veronica (lifewithnature)  |  April 9th, 2010 at 12:11 pm

  Certainly not a boring salad!

• 154. Melissa  |  April 10th, 2010 at 10:49 am

  I’m so annoyed by the people that come on here to complain about Lauren’s lack of blogging. It’s a blog people, you’ve benefitted from many free and delicious recipes. Blogging is time consuming, and a blog as artful and inventive as VYY is no doubt taxing.
  You’re obviously fans if you’re irritated she’s not posting, otherwise why would you care? How many posts are up here? Countless! Stop complaining and go back and dig through all the free goodies on this site. Lauren doesn’t owe you anything, whether or not you bought her book. (Which I have and yes it is fantastic) I’m not speaking to the testers, however, as I know nothing about that, but it seems the majority of people here aren’t testers. So just shush up and stop being so hyper critical.
  Cheers Lauren. THANK YOU for all your wonderful recipes!

• 155. Kate  |  April 11th, 2010 at 1:06 am

  To Melissa:

  Listen, I used to like this blog allot until Lauren’s book came out and she decided to completely ignore her testers. There are plenty of recipe testers from the book that have yet to get a response or the promised copy of the book. Everyone has issues and I understand that, but she should at least show a little bit of respect to the people who helped her get the book made.

• 156. j  |  April 11th, 2010 at 12:19 pm

  I don’t believe my comments were ungrateful or hatefull neither were the comments of the others who posted about the fact that Lolo has obviously ignored her blog since the publishing of her book and i think thats sad because if it weren’t for the blog or her its readers a lot less copies of her book would of sold. Like i stated earlier i think a post at least once a month would be fine, there are bloggers out their like vegan dad, susan from fat free vegan blog that have responsibilities like children but they manage to post onc a month or more, considering lolo stated that she quit her job to be more dedicated to her blog then why hasnt there been a post in like over three months? To the person that said my statements and the statements or others wou
  d come back karmically to us, i believe in karma but like i said earlier i see nothing wrong with my comments. If you want to talk about bad karma tell it to lauren the same person who hasn’t given her testers the cookbook they earned after they spent money buying the ingredients and spent time making the recipes and giving lauren constructive criticism. Lauren is also the same person who had an agreement with Herbivore to have her book published with them but days before he book was to be published and after Josh Hooten spent thousands of dollars on her book, promotion for her, and lots of energy she pulled out of the deal because she wanted more money for each book sold. Their was a long and winding post on the ppk forum where Isa who haw had numerous cookbooks published, joanna voight and other vegan cookbook authors and others with knowledge of the industry all commented on the fact that lauren was getting a great deal from hebivore and it was better than the industry standard, and lolo and her husband even left comments and it was basically “oh well i didnt know”,she never even offered an apology, the agreement made was a verbal agreement which was kind of dumb so nothing could really havd been done legally. You need to tell her about karma not me

• 157. Anna  |  April 11th, 2010 at 11:07 pm

  Thanks for all the great recipes!!!!!!!! They are amazing, I am so grateful for all the hard work!
  peace

• 158. Maaya  |  April 12th, 2010 at 1:02 am

  this looks so good and so healthy.
  another healthy salad ( or kind of salad) that is very healthy is Chana Masala..
  i love the wasabi twist :-)

• 159. Meuba  |  April 12th, 2010 at 9:36 am

  I agree with j. There are a lot of other food blogs that i enjoy, but the drama on here is kinda fun. haha

• 160. Zia Elle  |  April 13th, 2010 at 1:13 pm

  I like your salade, it looks delicious!!

• 161. Lucy  |  April 13th, 2010 at 7:37 pm

  the salad sucked

• 162. Greg  |  April 13th, 2010 at 7:46 pm

  I agree with J’s comment

• 163. Beez  |  April 14th, 2010 at 5:37 pm

  Testers… agreed, what happened sounds shitty, but if Lauren Ulm hasn’t responded to any of your e-mails why are you all repetitively harassing her blog? To ensure that people think she’s a bad person so they don’t give her their business? What is going on here seems to be vindictive and immature. Ill-intentioned gossip has little place on a food blog and should have no place in the vegan community. Has the time come to move on?

• 164. Stacy  |  April 14th, 2010 at 8:18 pm

  no one is trying to take away from Lauren’s “business”, she does a good job of doing that herself. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and whatever they decide based on what i or u said is their choice.BTW its not gossip when both her and her husband got on the ppk furum to post comments about the situation and her side of it which the information i got was posted by her on that website. Last time i checked its not gossip when it comes out of the persons mouth. I don’t think lying to people and cheating them out of money belongs in the vegan community either but guess who did all that. Everyone should form their own opinion and i’ve formed mine.

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• 166. cianagh  |  April 16th, 2010 at 9:08 am

  I agree, if there is one person who is taking away from Lauren’s business, it’s herself. She’s treated the testers like crap, ignored them, and denied them what was promised after they spent money and time helping her with her cookbook. The whole thing is kind of ridiculous.
  I was going to buy her cookbook but definitely will buy a used copy so she doesn’t get any money out of it..

• 167. DeerPrudence  |  April 16th, 2010 at 11:00 am

  I think i can eat EVERYTHING with wasabi on. I love it sooooo much!

• 168. Alessandra  |  April 16th, 2010 at 3:05 pm

  Salads are super food, don’t apologize for posting salads, at present I am having lots of salads, mostly every evening (pasta, rice and other carbo are for lunch) and, since I am just a veggie, not a vegan, I have far too much milk/yogurt for breakfast!!!

  So evenings have to be salads and there can never be too many salads recipes!

  Thank you, Avo and wasabi is great!

• 169. W  |  April 17th, 2010 at 5:13 pm

  I’m sick of Lolo’s ridiculous fan club who stands by her side while she strings people along. All you needed to do, Lolo, was tell people that you weren’t interested in keeping up with the blog, or that you would post only sporadically. But to post a pathetic excuse about your “anxiety” that received hundreds of loving comments and to ONCE AGAIN abandon your readers is just downright shitty.

  And to anyone who wonders why she is the target of such anger: it is because she was involved in a highly shady book deal, screwed over a bunch of people, and is now not giving her testers what they are owed.

  I will never visit this blog again.

• 170. Beez  |  April 17th, 2010 at 6:15 pm

  OK, Stacy and W, you missed the point entirely…. it was just that maybe you should move on and stop posting comments because it’s silly vindictive… and that’s not a good color on anyone, no matter what the other person did to deserve it. And by the way I’m not part of any fan club. Just trying to remind people about humility.

• 171. mable  |  April 18th, 2010 at 11:31 am

  I am absolutely through with this blog.

  I was going to get a cookbook off of amazon, but I’m just going to buy a used one to ensure that Lauren doesn’t get any of my money.
  She’s neglected her testers, and her readers.
  If she needs time, she should just say it instead of being so neglectful and immature.

• 172. ryan  |  April 18th, 2010 at 2:56 pm

  does anyone know why Lolo hasn’t posted in so long?
  The people who are speaking abusively or derisively about this blog or its writer need to back off. Like waaay the fudge off. Who’s to say why she’s taken a hiatus? I don’t know. I don’t think we need to criticize her for it. And I don’t really trust the people who are complaining here. I’d like to see some new recipes, but I’m not going to threaten to “leave and never come back” or anything.
  Go visit some of the other great vegan blogs out there and stop obsessing over this one. It’ll still be here when you come back.

• 173. Gabe  |  April 19th, 2010 at 6:08 pm

  Seconding, ryan, here. There’s no excuse for vicious personal attacks. I’m disappointed that she hasn’t blogged more, because I’m fascinated by her recipes and often make them. But these personal attacks are completely unnecessary, no matter how wronged you feel.

• 174. Ashley  |  April 19th, 2010 at 9:31 pm

  the salad looks awesome. i’m very guilty of not eating enough salad because i’m just not a good salad-maker.

  my wasabi doesn’t add that much of a kick either. i was always afraid to use “too much” but it doesn’t seem like a little goes a long way as far as wasabi goes.

  and blogger, you may want to get comment approvals. commenters, do your legal dealing in your own space. if you are owed something, keep it between yourself and the debtor.

• 175. Katie  |  April 20th, 2010 at 2:21 pm

  This sounds soo good! I love anything with avocado :)

• 176. TB  |  April 20th, 2010 at 2:52 pm

  For all the haters, why don’t you just ask for your membership fee back? Oh right. This is a FREE blog. I almost forgot.

  I understand testers being unhappy, and from what I read on the PKK site the Herbivore situation did sound mighty shitty. So don’t buy her book. But to complain that Lolo isn’t providing you with free content often enough is ridiculous. And let’s face is, you’ll buy the book (even secondhand) if it looks good and seems to have good recipes. If you loved Lolo but her book sucked, you wouldn’t buy it. It’s basic market economics.

  Personally, I will look to buy the book secondhand just cuz I’m a cheapskate. And no matter what I feel for Lolo, I will still check this blog from time to time because it’s free and has wonderful content. The day Lolo begins charging for this site, that’s when my views will change.

• 177. Zoé  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 4:23 am

  This really seems yummy. Avocado, salad…I’d go for it!

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