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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
50 %	16 %	2 %	13 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
143 Kcal or 599 Kj	6 gr	2 gr	12 gr
5 %	2 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
341 Kcal or 1,428 Kj	14 gr	6 gr	30 gr
13 %	4 %	<1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

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: Salad lyonnaise, Green avocado salad, Chicken and avocado bagels, Mixed salad, Salad greens and small omelette, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green Piedmont Salad, Italian style gratin, Crunchy spring salad, Vegetable clafoutis, Ratatouille, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mixed salad with curry mayo, Baby courgette salad, Leek and tuna loaf, Oriane's tuna rillettes , Salade Niçoise, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Poitevin twist, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Crispy potato galette with leeks, Aligot, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, ... All

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