Paleo Balsamic Tuna Dip/Salad, GF

We recently went to an Italian restaurant here in Belfast where we discovered the inspiration for this Paleo Balsamic Tuna Dip/Salad. You see, instead of there being bread at the table, there was a bowl of creamy tuna dip and hard breadsticks (almost like croutons) that you were supposed to use to dunk into the dip.

At first our friends and we were like “ehhhh not sure what to think about this”, but when we tried it, we were all very pleasantly surprised at how satisfying it was! And we found that we couldn’t stop eating it!

We were fascinated with the flavors and made an effort to really taste what could possibly be inside this fantastic tuna dip!

The red onions were simple to spot, and the flavor of balsamic vinegar as well. But the rest was a little more difficult… we tasted a bit of garlic, and a bit of cream.

The consistency of the dip was very creamy as well.

So we wrote down a note to test out a Paleo version at home.

For the dip at the restaurant, a food processor was definitely used to thin out the chunks of the tuna, and you can do this as well. But we preferred it being more chunky, and left it as is.

We added coconut cream and balsamic vinegar to two cans of tuna. But we did this slowly, to really let the tuna absorb it. We added one Tbs of coconut cream and balsamic vinegar at a time, and mixed.

We eventually got to a consistency that we liked, which was much thicker than the dip at the restaurant. We figured for veggies, thicker would be better. And also, we were making our own version of it, so why not?!

Then we added garlic powder, salt, pepper and diced red onion to the tuna mixture. Pretty simple really, but the result is a protein packed dip that tastes great with cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, and broccoli.

We found that this Paleo Balsamic Tuna Dip/Salad was pretty interchangeable as a tuna salad, which is why we added that to the title. It has a great flavor punch, which is really wonderful for salads.

And thus we have been adding this Paleo Balsamic Tuna Dip/Salad to all of our salads lately.

We'll actually be posting a recipe for one of these salads soon.

We've been making lots of great salads for work lately. They keep us really full and are just right for our wedding diet 🙂 So stay tuned!

Check out our buffalo chicken dip if you love dips!