Salad Niçoise with a Spice For Life Twist
Salad Niçoise with a Spice For Life Twist
Category
VEGETABLES & GRAINS
Servings
4
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Ingredients
1 ¼ lbs. fresh tuna, cut into 1 ½ in. chunks
10-12 cups lettuce mix with arugula
12-18 cherry tomatoes, halved
2 hardboiled eggs, halved
1 ripe avocado, sliced
½ cup crumbled feta cheese
½ lb. crisp cooked green beans
¼ cup roasted, salted sunflower seeds
1 small shallot, chopped
1 TBS. Bloody Mary Spice
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 TBS. fresh basil, chopped
1 TBS. fresh tarragon, chopped
1 TBS. fresh thym
¼ cup + 2 TBS of olive oil
1/3 cup + 2 TBS. fresh lemon juice
Directions
1. Toss tuna with Bloody Mary Mix and 2 TBS. lemon juice in a small bowl and let sit for 30 minutes.
2. Make salad dressing: combine ¼ cup olive oil, rest of lemon juice, shallot, basil, tarragon, thyme, salt and black pepper in a small bowl. Whisk together.
3. Mix lettuce, tomatoes, green beans, avocado, and feta cheese together in a big salad bowl.
4. Add salad dressing and toss.
5. Add eggs on top of salad.
6. Heat up 2 TBS. of olive oil in cast iron pan over medium heat.
7. Add tuna to pan and move around until tuna is cooked to medium on all sides (about 10 minutes).
8. Add tuna to the salad.
9. Add sunflower seeds to the salad.
10. Ready to serve
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