Alaskan Smoked Salmon Nicoise With Crumbled Feta Cheese

Submitted by Corrinne J

"A traditional French salad with a twist. The salmon offers a wonderful smoked flavor with the tradition of green beans, eggs and artichoke hearts. You may also use fresh tuna!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 4 salads
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 6 plum tomatoes
• 6 canned artichoke hearts, quartered
• 1 cucumber
• 1 cup small green beans, cooked and cooled
• 4 small red onions
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
• 6 -8 ounces smoked salmon, cut into 1 inch strips
• 4 ounces black kalamata olives
• alouette crumbled fat free feta cheese
• 2 sprigs basil, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar

directions

1. Prepare the dressing with the olive oil, chopped basil, garlic, salt, pepper and vinegar, Refrigerate.
2. Quarter the tomatoes. Thinly slice the eggs. Halve the cucumber and cut it into thin slices. Slice the onion into thing rings
3. Instead of mixing the ingredients together, which you can do, I like to arrange them on a salad place for clor and appearance. Sprinkle the cheese on top, drizzle with the dressing and serve.