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This St. Patrick's Day, show your little sprites how to assemble an irresistible Niçoise-style salad bursting with a rainbow of colors! Kids put their measuring, slicing, and taste-testing skills to work as they prepare this nutritious dish. A couple of non-traditional ingredients (yellow corn and bleu cheese) are used to round out the rainbow, but if she prefers other foods, such as yellow squash and blueberries, she can use those instead! The beauty of this salad is its flexibility—let your child take liberties with the recipe and create a rainbow salad all her own.
What You Need:
- ½ cup plus 2 teaspoons good quality extra virgin olive oil, divided
- ¼ cup champagne vinegar
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 shallot, minced
- ¼ teaspoon ground thyme
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 4-6 ounces ahi tuna or 2 cans tuna, drained
- 2 heads butter or Romaine lettuce, rinsed, dried, and torn
- 4-5 Campari or other ripe tomatoes, halved
- 1 orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup cooked corn
- 4-6 ounces green beans, cooked, shocked in ice water, and dried
- ¼ cup bleu cheese
- 1 red onion, very thinly sliced
- Handful of small potatoes such as French fingerling, Yukon gold, or red new, boiled and halved
- 2-3 hard boiled eggs, halved or quartered
- Handful of Niçoise olives
- Sprinkling of capers (optional)
- Anchovies (optional)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian parsley (optional)
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