I'm gonna respond to yours with mine because I like yours, and mine is also vegan!
I make chickpea salad a lot lately: take a can of chickpeas, dump it in the medium size Pyrex, take a potato masher, smush smush, add mayo, mustard or mustard powder, and a solid sprinkling of salt. Then add any more extras depending how I'm feeling, maybe pickles, pickle juice, a splash of white vinegar, nutritional yeast, crushed red pepper flakes, bell peppers, celery.. many many options!