Tuna Melts In a Bowl
A bread-free way to enjoy tuna melts. These tuna melts in a bowl are akin to a hot tuna dip when served with crackers and other dippers.
Gluten-Free + Low Carb Tuna Melts
Tuna melts are one of my favorite comfort foods.
When I started a paleo diet this summer, I came up with some grain-free alternatives to my favorite foods.
Following a paleo or gluten-free diet does not have to mean giving up the foods that you love to eat. This tuna-melt-in-a-bowl recipe proves just that.
All of the traditional tuna melt components are there – tuna, cheese, mayo, and capers (my fave!) – minus the bread.
This recipe is perfect for snackers or grazers. If you’re an appetizer-for-dinner type of person like I am, you’ll love this recipe.
Serve with a variety of dippers – crackers, veggies, bread and butter pickles – and you have a meal.
As a side note, you can use this tuna mixture to make traditional tuna melts on bread. I think you’ll love the addition of the capers to the mix. They add an unexpected zing of flavor.
How To Make It Paleo
Omit the cheese, or use a paleo-friendly vegan cheese.
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Tuna Melts In a Bowl
To make this recipe paleo-friendly, omit the cheese or use vegan cheese.
I served this dip with gluten-free Blue Diamond Artisan Nut Thins (Sesame Seeds).
Ingredients
- 2 5-ounce cans of tuna packed in water
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Crackers
- Cucumber slices
- Red pepper slices
- Sugar snap peas
- Bread and butter pickles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Mix tuna, mayonnaise, cheddar cheese, capers, onion, sugar, salt, and pepper.
- Divide tuna mixture and place into 2 medium oven-safe ramekins or 1 larger oven-save bowl.
- Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Serve hot with your choice of dippers.
This looks great! Tuna melts are a favorite in our family. The “sans bread” looks delicious!
Thanks Sonya! I love them with or without bread 🙂
I decided tonight to make tuna melts tomorrow. Never thought of the idea to make it in a bowl and use crackers. I will be trying this tomorrow instead. Thanks.
Hope you like it this way!
Nice budget friendly idea! Visiting from Share the wealth. I would like to invite you to share it at a blog link-up. Thanks!
I changed this up a bit by omitting the sugar since sugar is not Paleo. Additionally I didn’t have an onion so I used a leek and replaced the capers with kalamata olives since I was out of those as well. Orange cheddar is not Paleo due to the annato so I substituted that with pepper jack and it came out amazing with some simple mills crackers. Thank you for the inspiration!