How To Make An Easy Salade Nicoise

This is quite similar to Greek salad, which would be made with cubes of feta cheese and green peppers instead of tuna and hard-boiled eggs, and dressed with lots of lemon juice, salt and black pepper rather than herbs and vinaigrette.

1. Step 1:

   Hard-boil the eggs for about 10 minutes while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

2. Step 2:

   Drain the tin(s) of tuna and flake into fairly large chunks in a large salad bowl.

3. Step 3:

   Top and tail the French beans and cook in the microwave (or according to the instructions on the packet) then allow them to cool completely.

4. Step 4:

   Cut the tomatoes into wedges and thinly slice the cucumber then add to the bowl with the beans and herbs.

5. Step 5:

   Slice the cold hard-boiled eggs and add to the bowl; mix everything together gently – don’t break the eggs and tuna up completely and turn the whole lot into mush.

6. Step 6:

   Garnish with olives and anchovies cut into thin strips and arranged in a criss-cross pattern over the top. Pour a little dressing over the salad at the end and serve the remainder of the dressing separately.