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 olive
- 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!
Choose plain water or soda water in place of a sugary drink.
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
