Healthy Salad Nicoise Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 6 baby potatoes, washed
- 250 g green beans, trimmed, cut into 3cm pieces
- 8 cos lettuce, roughly torn
- 425 g tuna in spring water, drained
- 250 g cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup olives
- 1 tbs Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tbs lemon juice
Method
- Place eggs in a small saucepan, cover with water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 6 minutes, drain and refresh with cold water. Once cool, peel eggs and cut into quarters.
- Place potatoes in a medium-sized saucepan and cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 8 minutes. Add green beans and simmer for a further 2 minutes until they are bright green and potatoes are tender.
- Drain beans and potatoes and refresh with cold water.
- Cut potatoes in half and add to a large serving bowl with lettuce, tuna, beans, tomatoes and olives, topped with eggs.
- Mix mustard with lemon juice and drizzle over salad.
Variation:
Replace potatoes with a drained 425g can of cannellini beans. Substitute cos lettuce for mesculin, baby spinach or butter lettuce leaves.
Healthy tip!
Try mustard instead of mayonnaise to add extra flavour to your salads and sandwiches.
Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1152 kJ | 290 kJ |
| 275 Cal | 69 Cal | |
| Protein | 26.5 g | 6.7 g |
| Fat, total | 9.4 g | 2.4 g |
| — saturated | 2.3 g | 0.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 17.6 g | 4.4 g |
| — sugars | 4.3 g | 1.1 g |
| Sodium | 391.9 mg | 98.7 mg |
| Fibre | 5.8 g | 1.5 g |
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Comments (2)
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I´ll definetely try this with sweet potatoes :-))))
Anonymous
Posted on: 06 Jul 18 -
This is so easy to whip up and very tasty. Perfect for warm nights!
Anonymous
Posted on: 06 Oct 14
