Simple Salad Nicoise

Ingredients

• For the Dressing:
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon minced shallot
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh tarragon
• Dash of pepper
• For the Salad:
• 12 ounces baby red potatoes, quartered, boiled, rinsed and chilled
• 12 ounces fresh green beans trimmed and blanched
• 6 cups salad greens such as Boston lettuce, chopped Romaine, or baby arugula
• 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes halved
• 4 hard-boiled eggs sliced
• 20 whole pitted nicoise olives
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 2 4.5 ounce cans tuna fish, packed in olive oil; drained and flaked
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

1. Divide lettuce greens evenly among serving bowls.
2. Top each bowl of lettuce with tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, olives, tuna, potatoes and green beans. Drizzle with dressing and garnish with fresh parsley.