About this recipe
Mock tuna salad can replace “real” tuna salad on any plate. Use it in sandwiches, in stuffed tomatoes and on cold salad plates. Put it in a bowl as a dip with chips or toasted pita points. It tastes great and has very convincing mouth-feel.
Soaked raw sunflower seeds replace tuna in this recipe. That means a healthy dose of anti-inflammatory vitamin-E, plenty of minerals, B-vitamins and folate. Vegenaise instead of mayonnaise keeps mock tuna salad vegan and gluten free.
Lots of brightly colored vegetables add even more nutritional value to this salad. There is also plenty of healthy fiber. The total fat content if low and I like to use the vegenaise made with grape seed oil. Plenty of whole food health for everyone here.
Ingredients
1 cup Raw organic Sunflower Seeds 1/4 cup Red Bell Pepper, fine diced
1/4 cup Yellow Bell Pepper, fine diced 1/4 cup Carrot, fine diced
1/4 cup Celery, fine diced 1/4 cup Red Onion, fine diced
1 tablespoon Fresh Garlic, minced 1 tablespoon Yellow Mustard
1/4 cup Grape Seed Oil Vegenaise 1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper 2 tablespoons Capers, chopped
Optional: 1 tablespoon minced Fresh Turmeric Root or 1/2 teaspoon Ground Turmeric or Curry Powder
Zest and Juice of 1/2 Lemon or 1/2 Orange
Preparation
Recipe variations
Curry mock tuna salad is my favorite variation of this recipe. I like add a tablespoon of course chopped fresh turmeric root to the processor along with the soaked sunflower seeds. A little extra mustard, a pinch of red chile powder and a dash of ground cumin give this salad a nice yellow color and mild curry flavor.
Make a deviled mock tuna salad by using fermented garlic dill pickles instead of capers. Again, add a little extra mustard. An extra pinch of black pepper will really help perk up the flavor of this version.
This is a great recipe to experiment with whatever extra vegetables might be in the refrigerator. Fine diced parsnip, broccoli stalks, red or golden beets, zucchini and yellow squash all work well in this type of salad. Fruit, fresh or dried, offers many more flavor variations. Try using dried cranberries or tart cherries or fresh apple or pear.