Coat some leaves of your favorite fresh lettuce in a zippy sunflower seed vegan caesar salad dressing, sprinkle some sunflower seed parm atop that, and finish with some toasted sunflower seeds and also toasted chickpeas. And there you go: an easy-to-make and unbelievably tasty caesar salad that you'll be in love with ever after, I assure you
Begin by combining all the sunflower seed caesar dressing ingredients in a blender, and blend until very smooth. Add a little more water if you'd like a thinner dressing. Set this aside or store in the fridge in an air-tight container until you're ready to use it.
Next, in a food processor, combine together the sunflower seed parmesan until it's a nice fine crumble. Set this aside or store in the fridge in an air-tight container until you're ready to use it.
Lastly, prepare the romaine lettuce. Then, lightly toast some whole raw sunflower seeds in a skillet over medium heat, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. And after that, toast a can of drained and rinsed chickpeas in the same skillet with 1 teaspoon olive oil, a little salt, pepper and dried thyme for about 3 - 5 minutes, until creamy.
Assemble the salad by tossing the romaine lettuce with the caesar salad dressing in a separate bowl. Then, serve it topped with sunflower parm, toasted sunflower seeds and chickpeas, as well as whatever other fresh veg you'd like.