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Nicoise Salad Preparation Time: hour 10 minutes Cooking Time: hour 15 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients 12 gourmet potatoes (choose from Royal Blue, Ruby Lou or Nadine) unpeeled, halved 200g green beans, trimmed, and blanched 425g can tuna in springwater, drained ½ bunch chives, finely chopped ½ red onion, diced finely 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved 1 avocado, sliced 1 cup black olives, pitted 4 anchovy fillets, chopped (optional) lemon zest to garnish 1 cup French dressing Method Boil, steam or microwave potatoes until tender. Drain. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Toss gently. Sprinkle with lemon zest. Serve with fresh, crusty bread. Cooking Times: 6 -10 minutes microwaved 15-20 minutes boiled 10-15 minutes steamed Recommended Varieties You can use any variety of potato for this recipe, however, the following potatoes tend to work better: Nadine Royal Blue Ruby Lou