Vegan Salade Nicoise with 'Tofu Tunah'

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A super easy and summery vegan salad inspired by the classic Salade Nicoise.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: BBQ, Dinner, lunch, picnic, Salad

Cuisine: French, Vegan

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 334kcal

500 g whole baby or salad potatoes
200 g fresh green french beans
200 g very good quality tomatoes either cherry or larger. The important thing is they taste of tomato!
50 g good quality black olives or green olives. You want the juicy real ones from the deli, not the ones from a tin!
handful herbs: chives or parsley are nice finely chopped.
50 g marinated artichokes optional

2 tablespoon capers roughly chopped
2 tablespoon White Wine Vinegar OR the 'juice' that the capers come in
2 tablespoon olive oil
Juice ½ lemon
2 tablespoon Dijion Mustard
1 clove garlic very finely minced (optional but delicious)
2 teaspoon agave or maple syrup you can use sugar too- just need to make sure it dissolves properly

Boil the baby potatoes until just tender.
Top & Tail the beans, removing any strings. Add them to the boiling potatoes & cook for around 2 minutes.
Remove the beans & potatoes from their boiling water & refresh in cold water to stop them cooking. I like to put the beans in some iced water so they retain their snap.
Chop the tomatoes & olives, prepare any other salad bits you wish to add.
Arrange everything on a plate, drizzle over the dressing & sprinkle over the herbs.

In a mason jar or old jam jar mix together all the ingredients until they are combined. Taste & adjust (add more oil, a touch more mustard- to your own taste!)
This recipe makes enough to dress 2 or 3 salads. Simply keep in a jar in the fridge for up to a week.

Use a box grater and grate the firm smoked tofu.
Finely chop the capers and dill.
Mix together the tofu, capers, dill, mustard and any other seasoning you desire and serve as a scoop on the salad.

This recipe is delicious with extra capers added.

You can also add in crunchy leaves (romaine or little gem are good)

I sometimes add in tofu puffs (they soak up the dressing!) for a more substantial salad. Or you could add white beans, lentils..

This salad keeps well so makes it perfect for picnics or to take for a working day lunch.