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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 2 people, you will need:

1 150 ml lettuce
2 100 ml courgette
3 1 hard-boiled egg
4 ½ spring onion (scallion)
5 25 ml cheese
6 50 ml tuna in oil
7 parsley
8 chive flowers (optional)
9 3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

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25 min.	25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare 150 ml lettuce and shred.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

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

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Slice 1 hard-boiled egg and thinly slice ½ spring onion (scallion).

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice 25 ml cheese.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Put all these ingredients into a salad bowl, add 50 ml tuna in oil...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...then the chopped parsley and chive flowers.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Finish by adding 3 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
624 Kcal or 2,613 Kj	24 gr	10 gr	55 gr
31 %	9 %	1 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
129 Kcal or 540 Kj	5 gr	2 gr	11 gr
6 %	2 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
312 Kcal or 1,306 Kj	12 gr	5 gr	27 gr
16 %	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 2 people : 2.80 €
Per person : 1.40 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Lettuce: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spring radish and avocado salad, Chicken nems, How to prepare a lettuce, Green avocado salad, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, Green hummus, Rice and zucchini salad with paprika, Spring courgette and tuna salad, Crunchy spring salad, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Leek and tuna loaf, Tuna pasta, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Gribouille dressing, Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Kérinou slices, Aligot, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Vegetable tian, Langres-style spinach, ... All

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