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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 12 people, you will need:

1 900 g lettuce
2 600 g courgette
3 6 hard-boiled eggs
4 3 spring onions (scallions)
5 150 g cheese
6 300 g tuna in oil
7 parsley
8 chive flowers (optional)
9 15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 2,850 grams

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25 min.	25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare 900 g lettuce and shred.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

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

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Slice 6 hard-boiled eggs and thinly slice 3 spring onions (scallions).

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice 150 g cheese.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Put all these ingredients into a salad bowl, add 300 g tuna in oil...

Stage 6 - 1 min.

...then the chopped parsley and chive flowers.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Finish by adding 15 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
4,087 Kcal or 17,111 Kj	164 gr	67 gr	356 gr
204 %	63 %	6 %	54 %

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 12 people : 16.65 €
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: Chicken and avocado bagels, How to prepare a lettuce, Spring radish and avocado salad, Valay salad, Chicken nems, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green hummus, Small ratatouille with , Vegetable clafoutis, Crunchy spring salad, Minestrone, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Baker's tuna and mushroom tart, Leek and tuna loaf, Baker's pizza, Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, Cretan salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato and cheese pie, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Langres-style spinach, ... All

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