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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
1,362 Kcal or 5,702 Kj	55 gr	22 gr	119 gr
68 %	21 %	2 %	18 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
143 Kcal or 599 Kj	6 gr	2 gr	12 gr
7 %	2 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
341 Kcal or 1,428 Kj	14 gr	6 gr	30 gr
17 %	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 : 6.04 $
Per person : 1.51 $

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Lettuce: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salad lyonnaise, How to prepare a lettuce, Green avocado salad, Chicken nems, Warm chicken salad, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Spring courgette and tuna salad, Sautéed green vegetables, Vegetable tartare, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Avocado with Tuna, Tapenade, Pan bagnat, Salade Niçoise, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Poitevin twist, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Hamburgers, Vegetable tian, ... All

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