Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Simple Nicoise Salad takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Simple Nicoise Salad takes 15 minutes to cook.

Simple Nicoise Salad makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Simple Nicoise Salad are:

2 cups fresh or frozen green beans
2 tbsp red-wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
3 tbsp olive oil
2 heads Romaine or Bibb lettuce, chopped
4 small red-skinned potatoes, quartered and steamed or roasted
2 cups cucumber slices
1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut into fourths
1 8-ounce pouch of tuna, packed in water, drained
4 eggs, hard-boiled
2 tsp diced shallots
16 black olives
Pinch black pepper

Here is how you make Simple Nicoise Salad:

Steam the green beans, then rinse with cool water to stop the cooking. Whisk together the vinegar and mustard in a small bowl or shake in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Add the oil and whisk or shake until combined. Place the lettuce in a large bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons of the dressing.Divide the lettuce among 4 plates. Top each salad with one fourth of the cucumbers, tomatoes, beans,and potatoes; 2 ounces of tuna; and anegg. Drizzle the remaining dressing atop thevegetables, and garnish with shallots, olives and blackpepper.

The nutritional information for Simple Nicoise Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 398.2

• Total Fat: 18.7 g
• Cholesterol: 211.0 mg
• Sodium: 454.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 39.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.2 g
• Protein: 23.0 g