Potato Nicoise salad

Quick, tasty and easy to put together, this delicious dish can be served as a main meal or side salad, and can be ready from prep to plate in under 30 minutes.

• Serves: 4

What you need:

• 16 new potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 4
• 2 eggs, hard boiled, shelled and quartered
• 50g green beans, lightly blanched
• 6 mini plum tomatoes, halved
• 10 black olives, pitted and halved
• 1 small red onion, very thinly sliced
• 185g (approx) canned tuna in spring water, drained
• 1 Cos lettuce, roughly chopped

What you do:

1. Place the potatoes in a pan and cover with boiling water
2. Simmer with lid on for about 10 minutes until potatoes are tender
3. Blanch and cook the eggs and beans in the same pan as the potatoes
4. Meanwhile, lightly toss the salad ingredients together
5. Drain the potatoes and add to the vegetables and tuna
6. Place the lettuce on serving plates and add a large spoonful of
7. the rest of the salad and serve. Add the dressing (optional)

Cook's tip:

Replace tinned tuna with two tuna steaks for a more indulgent salad.

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