Quick Nicoise-Inspired Salad

Quick Nicoise-Inspired Salad
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 1
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 288.2
  • Total Fat: 15.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 21.3 mg
  • Sodium: 392.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.3 g
  • Protein: 22.3 g

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Introduction

This is not really a salade Nicoise, as it lacks potatoes, olives, and hard-boiled eggs. But it's quick and satisfying, and healthy. This is not really a salade Nicoise, as it lacks potatoes, olives, and hard-boiled eggs. But it's quick and satisfying, and healthy.
Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

    10 green beans, raw, trimmed

    2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
    1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
    1 clove garlic, minced
    1/2 tsp. dry mustard

    1 C. shredded red-leaf lettuce
    1 tomato, cut into wedges
    1 green onion (scallion), chopped
    1/2 can (2.5 oz.) tuna in water
    1 tsp. brine-cured capers
    handful chive flowers, coarsely chopped

Directions

Prepare an ice-water bath in a large salad bowl.

Bring a pot of water to the boil. Add a bit of salt; add green beans and simmer until tender and bright green, about 5-6 minutes. Remove beans from the water and plunge into the ice water to stop their cooking. After about 30 seconds, dump the beans into a colander to drain.

Mix the vinegar, garlic, and dry mustard in the salad bowl. Drizzle the olive oil into this mixture while whisking vigorously. Take the drained green beans and toss them in this dressing; let them rest there while you prepare the rest of the salad. Add the green onion, tomato, and lettuce, and toss to coat. Remove salad to a smaller bowl and top with the capers, tuna, and chive flowers. Drizzle any dressing remaining in the large bowl over the tuna and serve.

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RACHELRHF.