This Quick Nicoise Style Salad is very popular with the whole of my family. In fact it’s often met with a whoop of delight from my kids, especially when I serve it with their favourite garlic bread!
Technically Salad Nicoise should have anchovies draped on it according to Wikipedia but as we are not keen on them we leave them out. So if you like them feel free to put them on top or add to the dressing! Some chefs add blanched green beans to their Nicoise but when you come rushing in the door and need a quick meal, a ripe avocado is in my opinion a more delicious and simpler alternative.
Up until recently I had used an off the shelf creamy dressing, which, although nice wasn’t exactly economical or fresh. Hence I went on a cyber search for the solution and had to look no further than Lucy Vaserfirer’s blog Hungry Cravings – link here. She kindly let me reproduce this version and I don’t think you’ll ever need to buy a shop bought creamy dressing again after tasting this one!
This salad is just summer on a plate!
For more main meal salad recipes you might like the following:
- Prawn & Egg Salad
- SPAM Salad with Garlic Croutons & Gruyere
- Chilli Prawn and Pasta Salad
- Grilled Halloumi Salad
- Smoked Mackerel & Chickpea Salad
- Chinese Chicken Salad
- Radish Asparagus Avocado Salad
- Beetroot, Squash & Feta Salad
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Quick Nicoise Style Salad
Ingredients
- 1 Head of Mixed Salad Leaves washed
- 2 Tins tuna in oil drained
- 4 Free range eggs boiled & quartered
- 2 Avocados sliced into eighths
- 4 Vine ripened tomatoes cut into segments
- 24 Kalamata olives pitted
- For Quick Creamy Salad Dressing:
- 125 ml Mayonnaise reduced or full fat
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 to 2 Garlic cloves crushed
- 2 ½ tsp Lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 3 tbsp Water
- Chives to taste snipped
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Garnish:
- Chive flower petals optional
Instructions
- First whisk together the mayonnaise, mustard, garlic, lemon juice, chives and water. Season to taste.
- Next arrange the salad leaves over 4 plates.
- Then arrange the rest of the ingredients on top of the leaves finishing with the olives.
- Dress with the Quick Creamy Salad Dressing and serve with warm crusty wholemeal baguette or garlic bread.
Recipe Notes
If you have some leftover cooked new potatoes these are also great added to the salad.
Nickki
This salad looks delicious and I love the sound of the dressing. Pinned & Yummed!
Camilla
Thanks Nikki, a firm family favourite, we had it tonight in fact:-)
Jacqui Bellefontaine
Lovely looking salad. I dont mind a little anchovy on mine but use to hate them. Love the idea of reolacing the beans with avocado will definately try that next time and the cream dressing looks lush!
Camilla
Thank you Jacqui, I might grow to love anchovies one day:-)
Janice
How very delicious and perfect for the warm weather we’ve been having. As a fan of anchovies I’d be adding them to my Nicoise!
Camilla
Thanks Janice, I might come round to anchovies eventually:-)
Candace
If you took the olives out I’d be straight round to try some! Looks delicious
Camilla
You can make it to your own taste for sure. My daughter is vegetarian now so she has extra egg instead:-)
Ursula Hunt
I love a good salad
Camilla
Thanks Ursula, this is our favourite:-)
sarah
Avocado, eggs, tomatoes..garlic….sounds like my kind of salad! It looks so pretty too!
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, must make this soon, we love it:-)
Jo of Jo's Kitchen
Lovely looking salad. Looks delicious!
Camilla
Thanks Jo, it really is;-)
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs
This salad looks delicious. I love that you’e crammed in so many good veggies. This would be my ideal lunch on a day like today. Shame I’ll be stuck in the work canteen…
Camilla
Aaw, thanks Emma – maybe something to make at the weekend if the weather holds out or even if it doesn’t:-)