Ingredients
Salad
- ~1.5 lbs fingerling or yukon gold potatoes
- ~3 handfuls green beans
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- olives
- cherry tomatoes
- 2 cans oil-packed tuna
Avocado Vinaigrette
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 2 tsp minced shallots
- 1 tsp fresh tarragon
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1⁄4 cup avocado
- 1⁄3 cup olive oil
- salt/pepper/cayenne to taste
- water as needed to thin the texture
- optional: anchovy fillets or paste
Method
Prep
- Hard boil the eggs
- If using yukon gold potatoes, peel them
- Cut the potatoes into small pieces
- Cut the ends off the green beans
- Fill a large mixing bowl with cold water
- Bring salted water to boil in a large pot
- Boil the green beans until just tender (~5–7 minutes)
- Transfer the green beans to the cold water to stop cooking
- Boil the potatoes until tender (~10–15 minutes)
- Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel to cool
- Cut the green beans into 11⁄2″ long pieces
- Coat the potatoes with oil
- Make the dressing by blending all the ingredients until smooth and the adjusting the texture with water
Assemble
- Cut the olives and tomatoes
- Dice the hard boiled eggs with an egg slicer
- Add as much of each ingredient you want and finish with dressing
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