Pasta Salad Nicoise
Recipe from
Better Homes and Gardens
Traditionally, this Mediterranean-style salad recipe calls for marinated cooked potatoes. This version, still hearty, has marinated pasta shells.
Servings:
1 serving
Prep Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
4 hrs 30 mins
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Ingredients
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1/3 cupmedium pasta shells or spirals (1 ounce)see savings
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1/4 teaspoondried dillweedsee savings
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4 tablespoonspurchased vinaigrettesee savings
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1 3-1/4-ounce cantuna or 1/2 of a 6-1/2-ounce can tuna, chilledsee savings
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1/3 cupfresh or frozen cut green beanssee savings
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Lettuce leavessee savings
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Radicchio leaves (optional)see savings
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4pitted ripe olives (optional)see savings
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3 or 4tomato slicessee savings
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1hard-cooked egg, quartered (optional)see savings
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Anchovy fillet (optional)see savings
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Garlic toast (optional)see savings
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Directions
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Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Rinse with cold water and drain again. Stir dillweed into vinaigrette. Combine pasta and 2 tablespoons of the vinaigrette; cover and chill. Drain tuna. In a small bowl toss together tuna and 1 tablespoon of the vinaigrette; cover and chill up to 2 hours. Cook green beans until crisp-tender. Cover and chill up to 2 hours.
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When ready to serve, arrange lettuce and radicchio leaves, if desired, on a plate. Arrange pasta, tuna, beans, olives, tomato slices, and egg on lettuce. Top salad with green onion and anchovy fillet, if desired. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette. Serve with garlic toast, if desired. Makes 1 serving.
Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 527, Total Fat 26 g, Saturated Fat 4 g, Cholesterol 17 mg, Sodium 1036 mg, Carbohydrate 40 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 33 g. Daily Values: Vitamin C 31%, Calcium 4%, Iron 18%.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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