Chopped Salad Niçoise

dressing

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 Tbsp champagne vinegar
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2-3 Tbsp fresh tarragon leaves stripped from the stem
• salt to taste

salad

• 2 handfuls of chopped romaine lettuce
• 4 ounces of your favorite canned tuna I love the kind that is packed in olive oil.
• 2 hard cooked eggs rough chopped
• several radishes sliced in half or quartered
• a small baby cucumber sliced
• a handful of cherry tomatoes
• several small cooked new potatoes or pee wee potatoes I used white and purple. halve, quarter, or slice them, depending on size.
• a cup of cooked fresh green or green and yellow waxed beans cut in bite sized pieces
• a handful of pitted olives sliced or halved if large
• 1 Tbsp capers
• a cup of canned white beans
• salt and fresh cracked black pepper