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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: Tahitian salad, Lettuce "chiffonade", Warm chicken salad, Surf and turf club sandwich, Mixed salad, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs with tomatoes and courgettes, Green hummus, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Quick stuffed courgettes, Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pan bagnat, Cornouaillaise salad, Gribouille dressing, Tomato ladybirds, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Langres-style spinach, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Crispy potato galette with leeks, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, ... All

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