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Springtime mixed salad

This salad is a way to make the most of the first baby courgettes (if you can get them). The crunchy little darlings are mixed with shredded lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, tinned tuna and diced cheese.

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Last modified on: June 5^th 2019

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 300 g lettuce
2 200 g courgette
3 2 hard-boiled eggs
4 1 spring onion (scallion)
5 50 g cheese
6 100 g tuna in oil
7 parsley
8 chive flowers (optional)
9 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 950 grams

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25 min.	25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare 300 g lettuce and shred.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Thinly slice the courgettes (use the tiniest ones if you can).

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Slice 2 hard-boiled eggs and thinly slice 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice 50 g cheese.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Put all these ingredients into a salad bowl, add 100 g tuna in oil...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...then the chopped parsley and chive flowers.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Finish by adding 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.

Your mixed salad is ready.

Remarks

For a fresher flavour, replace half the vinaigrette with lemon juice.

Keeping

Should be used the same day.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,149 Kcal or 4,811 Kj	49 gr	20 gr	99 gr
57 %	19 %	2 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
121 Kcal or 507 Kj	5 gr	2 gr	10 gr
6 %	2 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
287 Kcal or 1,202 Kj	12 gr	5 gr	25 gr
14 %	5 %	<1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Milk, Fish, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 5.55 €
Per person : 1.39 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Lettuce: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Ardennes Salad, Salad lyonnaise, Caesar salad, Lettuce "chiffonade", Chicken and Avocado Salad, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Cubed salad, Crunchy spring salad, Italian style gratin, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Avocado with Tuna, Tapenade, Oriane's tuna rillettes , Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato wallets, The strange gratin, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Pork Chops with Rosemary, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), ... All

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