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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 8 people, you will need:

1 0 kg 2 g lettuce
2 1 ¾ cup courgette
3 4 hard-boiled eggs
4 2 spring onions (scallions)
5 ½ cup cheese
6 1 cup tuna in oil
7 parsley
8 chive flowers (optional)
9 10 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 0 kg 2 g lettuce and shred.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

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

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Slice 4 hard-boiled eggs and thinly slice 2 spring onions (scallions).

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice ½ cup cheese.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Put all these ingredients into a salad bowl, add 1 cup tuna in oil...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...then the chopped parsley and chive flowers.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Finish by adding 10 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
2,725 Kcal or 11,409 Kj	109 gr	45 gr	237 gr
136 %	42 %	4 %	36 %

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 8 people : 11.10 €
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: Fried rillettes, Chicken club sandwich, Chicano burger, Chicken nems, Caesar salad, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Au vert" beef, Sautéed green vegetables, Courgette tart with mint, Rice and zucchini salad with paprika, Vegetable clafoutis, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tuna pasta, Mixed salad with curry mayo, Tomato ladybirds, Baker's pizza, Gribouille dressing, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur complet, Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, Kérinou slices, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, ... All

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