Speedy Tuna Niçoise Salad

Name: Speedy Tuna Niçoise Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp sesame seeds; pinch each of salt and freshly ground black pepper; healthy natural sweetener, to taste; 2 soft-poached eggs; ½ small onion or shallot, finely chopped (or 2–3 spring onions); micro greens, for garnishing; juice of 1 lemon; 10 fresh asparagus spears; ½ clove garlic, minced; 3 Tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 small tuna fillet; 1 Tbsp olive oil; ½ cup red quinoa; 1 ripe avocado, roughly chopped; ½ small red onion, thinly sliced

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Wholesome

By Sarah Graham

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

What you’ll Need

Vinaigrette

juice of 1 lemon
3 Tbsp olive oil

Europe
France
Main course
Dinner
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

What to do

Whisk all the vinaigrette ingredients together, adjust to taste if necessary and set aside.
Cook the quinoa according to the packet instructions. Bring a saucepan of salted water to a simmer on the stove to cook the asparagus just before serving.
Add the sesame seeds to a dinner plate along with a