Ingredients
- There are 4 lists of ingredients (yes, four! But it's worth it!)
Salad:
• 4 four-ounce tuna steaks, frozen or fresh
• 1 tbsp canola oil (for cooking tuna)
• 1 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 1-1.5 cup fresh green beans - rinsed, trimmed
• 1/2 pound mixed salad greens
• 8 baby potatoes or 16 baby red potatoes
• 4 hard-boiled eggs
• 1-2 garden fresh tomatoes
• 6 pitted nicoise olives (or whatever olives you like)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley (optional)
• 4 anchovy filets (optional)
• 1 tablespoon capers (optional)
Dressings:
Cucumber sauce
• 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion, (top green part only)
• 1/2 cup finely chopped cucumber (peeled first)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• dash ground cayenne pepper (optional)
• salt, to taste
Pesto Vinagrette:
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• salt, to taste
• 3-4 tablespoons basil pesto (see below)
Basil Pesto (make it yourself, it tastes better):
• 1 package basil (plastic container by the lettuce
in your grocery store, about 10 leaves)
• 1-2 cloves of garlic
(depending on size and how much of it you like)
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts (toast them in a dry skillet till they start browning)
Description
If You Really Want To Wow Your Friends And Family This Summer, Try My Take On A French Classic Salad With Seared Tuna Steaks And Two Homemade Dressings.***You Will Need A Food Processor To Create These Dressings.******This Is By No Means A Quick Recipe, B
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