Healthy and Easy Salad Nicoise
One of my favorite salads from my childhood. It is packed with all the perfect flavors! The best part, after I eat this my body always feels good. It is crazy if you really pay attention. Heaviness you feel with certain meals or food, bloated etc. Whenever, I eat this, I always feel full & fueled!
Servings: 4
Calories: 608kcal
Equipment
- Air Fryer ( optional )
- Steamer
- Large pot
Ingredients
Homemade Red Wine Vinaigrette
- 2/3 red wine vinegar
- 1 1/3 cup light olive oil
- 1 large garlic clove or 2 small ones minced
- 3 tsp or more to taste Dijon mustard
- Salt & pepper to taste
Salad Nicoise
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 8 new potatoes boiled about 15 minutes for new & red potatoes
- 8 hard boiled eggs
- 12 oz fresh green beans
- 4 oz cherry tomatoes
- 1 can of black olives
- 2 cans of albacore tuna no salt added
- 2 cucumbers sliced into sticks
- 10 oz lettuce like Romaine & Green House crunch like mentioned above just want to make sure it is nice & crunch lettuce!
- 2 ripe avocados
- Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
Instructions
Red Wine Vinaigrette:
- Shake all ingredients together and refrigerate
PRO TIP: I usually like doing these steps simultaneously. Like while my potatoes are boiling, I also have my insta pot boiling my eggs & my air fryer cooking my cauliflower. While all that is going I will get the rest of the veggies ready!
Salad Nicoise
- Wash the tomatoes & set aside. Clean off the cucumbers & slice into sticks, then set aside. Open the cans of tuna, drain & then place the tuna onto a paper towel to let it drain a little bit more until ready to assemble the salads. Dice up the avocado last so it doesn't have time to brown.
For the Potatoes:
- In a large pot of boiling water, you will cook potatoes until tender but not falling apart, 10 to 15 miuntes. Timing with depend on size of potato-- take a fork & if you can spear through the potato easily, they are done! Then drain in collander & rinse with cold water. Then set the potatoes aside in a bowl.
For Hard Boiled Eggs
- my favorite method is in an insta pot. I find that you can cook them perfectly in there & really gage how well done you want them cooked! In the insta pot I place my egg insert, pour 1 cup water in. Then place lid secure to lock, make sure the steam release handle is locked & then put on high pressure for 4 minutes. Then naturally release for 4 minutes. 3 minutes for a bit more runny. In the picture in 4 minutes. Then after they have naturally released, quick release the steam release handle & place the eggs into a bowl of ice cold water.
For Green Beans
- Steam the green beans for 5 minutes after the water has started to boil & then toss with butter if you'd like. I like to sprinkle mine with EBB or both :)
For Cauliflower
- Break apart into florets. Then toss in olive oil a little bit of paprika, garlic powder, salt, pepper & juice of one lemon. Air fry on fry setting for 15 minutes ( 400 degrees) Continuing to take the basket out to toss about 5 times. on the 3rd time sprinkle a little more seasoning on top & a little bit more lemon juice.
Assembling the Healthy and Easy alad Nicoise
- After all your parts of you salad are good to go, you can start assembling as see on the plate, then drizzle with the red wine vinaigrette!
Notes
** Nutrition Facts does not include salad dressing because the salad dressing can yield 8-10 salads.
Nutrition
Calories: 608kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 409mg | Sodium: 535mg | Potassium: 2261mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1873IU | Vitamin C: 125mg | Calcium: 187mg | Iron: 6mg