Salad Nicoise

Originally a way to use up leftovers--but it's worth cooking potatoes, beans, and hard-boiled eggs for this fresh-tasting French salad! Tuna, olives, capers, tomatoes, and a bed of baby greens round out this hearty main dish salad.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 287 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 (5 ounce) can tuna
• ½ onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon capers
• ½ pound new potatoes, quartered
• ¼ cup pitted nicoise olives
• ⅓ pound fresh green beans - rinsed, trimmed and blanched
• ½ pound mixed salad greens
• 1 cup lemon vinaigrette
• 3 hard-cooked eggs, quartered
• 3 roma (plum) tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 4 anchovy filets

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and cool.

Step 2

In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, parsley, olives, onion, tuna and green beans. Refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours.

Step 3

In large bowl, toss greens with vinaigrette and top with chilled potato mixture. Garnish with eggs, tomatoes, capers and anchovies.