Raw tuna salad recipe
Tuna Paste/Pate:
2 cups sunflower seeds (soaked for at least 1-2 hours)
1 tablespoon (or a bit more) dulse (seaweed) (make sure to wet your dulse first with the lemon juice or apple cider vinegar)
1 clove garlic
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Add in:
Chopped celery
Chopped onions
Chopped parsley
Chopped raw pickles (optional)
Chopped apples (optional)
Directions
1. Soak the nuts in luke-warm water for at least one hour to soften them. Rinse them well and discard all water.
2. Process all of the paste ingredients in a food processor on high until the mixture resembles a very smooth paste. You should not see any nut bits at all. You may need to stop and start and get in there with a spatula.
3. Eat right away or refrigerate to eat later. I prefer to keep the pate separate and I don't add any chunks (onions, celery, etc) until I'm ready to eat.
4. When you're ready to eat, serve your portion in a bowl. Then add some chopped onions, parsley, raw pickles or apples to suit your taste.
5. Enjoy on crackers, on top of a salad, in a nori roll, or more...
The Rawtarian's Thoughts
Raw tuna salad recipes are integral to my raw food recipe arsenal.
Here is my favourite raw food tuna salad recipe.
I like to eat it with a crisp apple, or this mock tuna pate is great as a salad topper, too. Or how about eating it in a nori roll? The possibilities are endless for this mock raw tuna salad.
I make this raw tuna recipe at least once a week. If you need something to take to work for lunch, try packing some raw crackers, a little tupperware of this tuna spread, and a knife. You'll be good to go. If you want, you can leave the garlic out if you want this to be more breath-friendly. (But it really is better with the garlic.)
The dulse (seaweed) is what gives this recipe its tuna-like taste, so don't bother making it unless you have dulse.
THIS TUNA SALAD RECIPE ABOVE IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT I HAVE ANOTHER DIFFERENT RAW VEGAN TUNA AND MAYO COMBO RIGHT HERE!!
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Comments
hyena
Jan 22, 2010
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hi. your recipes look really good. I'm going to try the "tuna" salad one for sure.
misslycia
Mar 11, 2010
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I cannot wait to try this. My husband and I eat (mostly) raw, but as of late, we have been in a recipe rut. I appreciate the fact that your recipes are simple. We love gourmet raw meals, but don't have an entire weekend to devote to preparing them, lol. Thanks for sharing!
Steve
May 28, 2010
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Great recipe thanks :)
The Rawtarian
Sep 25, 2010
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My pleasure. I love this recipe. I make a big batch of it about once a month.
Casey
Apr 11, 2011
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This was great! I really enjoyed it on raw sunflower bread. I have to admit though that I put some vegan mayo in it to make it creamier (insert sheepish grin HERE). It also finally afforded me the opportunity to experiment with the Dulse flakes that have been sitting in my fridge for several months. I wonder what else I can do with them?
The Rawtarian
May 15, 2011
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Glad you liked it, Casey!
I don't do much with dulse flakes either, besides add it to nut pates. Some people add it to salads, but I don't tend to do that.
Dulse is good to sprinkle on raw soups, though.
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