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Niçoise Salad
This healthy main course tuna salad is one of the best main course salads ever invented... it's colorful, protein packed, and so satisfying.
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 491 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 1 small head of crisp lettuce your choice, rinsed, dried, and chopped
- 3 Tbsp fresh tarragon leaves
- 3 Tbsp fresh dill chopped
- 1 cup White beans either navy or cannellini, drained and rinsed
- 1 Persian cucumber thinly sliced
- handful baby carrots raw
- 1 cup Baby Purple potatoes cooked and halved
- 1 cup yellow cherry tomatoes halved
- about 6 baby radishes
- handful green beans preferably French, lightly steamed
- 2-3 hard cooked eggs halved
- 1/3 cup Bird Beak peppers
- 1/3 cup black olives your choice, I used oil cured
- 6 ounces tuna canned in olive oil
- 2 Tbsp capers
dressing
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- 1 Tbsp mustard
- 1 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds
- salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Whisk together the dressing ingredients and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add more lemon juice if you like.
- Put the lettuce in a wide shallow salad bowl or platter and arrange the tarragon leaves over the lettuce.
- Toss the beans with a little of the dressing, and some of the fresh dill. Pile the beans into a heap on the edge of the salad, leaving the center free for the tuna.
- Arrange the cucumber slices and carrots in little piles next to the beans.
- Toss the potatoes with a little of the dressing and dill, and add them to the salad. Arrange the tomatoes, radishes, green beans, eggs, peppers, and olives in a similar manner all around the edge of the platter.
- Put the tuna in the center of the salad and top with the capers. Scatter the fresh dill over all.
- Drizzle with the dressing just before serving. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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Notes
- Please don't stress over exact amounts...my measurements are just guidelines, fill your platter with the ingredients in any way you see fit and it will be delicious!
- Other possible Nicoise salad ingredients are anchovies, artichokes, red onion, asparagus, bell peppers, marinated mushrooms, marinated feta or mozarella cheese, watercress, basil, etc.
Nutrition Information
Calories
491kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
30g
(10%)
Protein
20g
(40%)
Fat
34g
(52%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
23g
Cholesterol
109mg
(36%)
Sodium
501mg
(21%)
Potassium
1078mg
(31%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
6420IU
(128%)
Vitamin C
24mg
(27%)
Calcium
186mg
(19%)
Iron
7mg
(39%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 491
% Daily Value*
Calories | 491kcal | 25% |
Carbohydrates | 30g | 10% |
Protein | 20g | 40% |
Fat | 34g | 52% |
Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
Monounsaturated Fat | 23g | 115% |
Cholesterol | 109mg | 36% |
Sodium | 501mg | 21% |
Potassium | 1078mg | 23% |
Fiber | 8g | 32% |
Sugar | 4g | 8% |
Vitamin A | 6420IU | 128% |
Vitamin C | 24mg | 27% |
Calcium | 186mg | 19% |
Iron | 7mg | 39% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.