Healthy Nicoise Salad
A healthy vegan version of the classic Nicoise salad with lentils and hearts of palm and a low oil vinaigrette dressing
Servings: 2
Calories: 550kcal
Ingredients
Salad
- 6 small red potatoes quartered
- ¾ cup puy lentils cooked
- ½ cup nicoise olives
- 1 cup green beans trimmed
- ½ pint cherry tomatoes halved
- ½ can hearts of palm sliced
- 2 cups baby spinach
- ⅛ small Red Onion sliced
Dressing
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 Tablespoon minced shallot
- ½ Tablespoon capers minced
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Boil a large pot of water. Add the potatoes and cook until for tender. Remove the potatoes, and cool under running water to stop the cooking process. Quickly blanch the green beans in the pot of boiling water. Cool under running water with the potatoes.
- whisk up the salad dressing while the potatoes are cooking, and set aside for later.
- When ready to serve, arrange half of each salad ingredient on a plate or bowl and drizzle with salad dressing.
Nutrition
Calories: 550kcal