SALMON NICOISE SALAD!! HIGH END LEFTOVER MAKEOVER!!

Let's take some of that delicious leftover honey garlic glazed salmon as well as the green bean and potato salad that we made in previous videos and make a delicious, high end style lunch that will be perfect for you to serve friend, family or just yourself! You deserve something special don't you? This salad is my take on a traditional French Nicoise salad that hails from Nice in the south of France. If you can't vacation on the Riviera, you can bring the French Riviera to your dining room table! This one is so easy when you make it with items you have in the fridge! It is versatile and you can turn leftovers into haute cuisine! I know you are going to love this one!

A traditional salad nicoise would typically have poached tuna or preserved anchovies or both along with steamed harcots verts or French style green beans as well as some boiled, cold potatoes that were either small and left whole or halved or sliced. Sometimes red onion is strewn about and hard cooked egg is almost always present as well as tiny tomatoes or wedges of fresh garden tomatoes and briney black or green olives. The truth is you can really create your own version and that is exactly what I have done here.

I took one of the generous salmon filet that we made in a previous video and simply took a fork and broke it into semi large flakes then placed those in the middle of a bed of shredded romaine hearts. Then we took that potato and green bean salad that was dressed with that delicious white wine vinaigrette dressing and I separated the green beans and the potatoes so we could more easily compose this salad, but really I didn't need to do that. I added a couple of perfectly hard cooked eggs, some heirloom cherry tomatoes and some pitted Calamata olives to the platter and voila' Pierre's your uncle! Salad Nicoise my way.

If you are not keen on the green beans, use some steamed asparagus. Or if you have some leftover grilled veggies like zucchini, yellow squash and bell peppers, add those instead. If you don't prefer the steamed, fish how about some poached chicken or leftover grilled steak. Would that constitute a "nicoise" per se? Probably not, but if it makes you happy and it's delicious, then why not go there? I only aim to inspire!

Since our green bean and potato salad was dressed with the white wine vinaigrette and the salmon had that delicious honey garlic glaze I opted not to add anymore dressing to this salad because there is already a lot of flavor going on in there and I was right to do just that. The yolk of the egg, combined with the moist salmon and the olives along with the dressing on the potatoes and green beans, made for a delicious creamy texture that coated the salad when served up in bowls for lunch. It was seriously delicous and a welcomed mid week treat!

I hope this inspires you to put together a lovely, no cook Nicoise style salad for lunch or dinner sometime soon and I hope you love it!

Happy Eating!

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