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overhead view of a white platter with a vegan salad nicoise with kalamata olives, green beans, fresh vegetables, beets, and more.

Vegan Nicoise Salad

In this vegan Nicoise salad, roasted potatoes, green beans, briny olives, and lots of garden fresh veggies, like juicy cherry tomatoes and cucumber, are served over a bed of crispy lettuce then dressed with a zesty Dijon vinaigrette. This vegan salad niçoise offers a plant-based twist on the classic and is destined to be served outside, under the summer sun alongside a glass of wine. Perfect for hot summer nights!
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Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine French, vegan
Servings 4 servings
Calories 492 kcal

Ingredients
  

FOR DRESSING:

  • 5 basil leaves
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Few grinds black pepper
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1 large lemon juiced
  • 1 head roasted garlic (Roasted in oven with olive oil until soft at 400 for 20 mins)
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup

FOR POTATOES:

  • 5 small red potatoes cut in cubes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ tsp salt

FOR BEANS:

  • 8 oz green beans
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

FOR SALAD:

  • 10 pitted kalamata olives
  • 10 stuffed manzanilla olives
  • 4 cups lettuce
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1 large garden cucumber seeded and cut in half moons
  • 2 carrots peeled and shredded with peeler
  • 3 beets boiled until soft and sliced thin
  • ½ red onion sliced thin

Instructions
 

  • Make potatoes by tossing in olive oil and seasoning with salt and spreading on a sheet pan, Roast at 400 degrees until soft inside and crisp outside (about 30 mins)
  • Roast garlic by slicing off the bottom carefully then making a packing with foil. Drizzle with oil and wrap tightly. Roast for about 20 minutes in oven with potatoes. Place foil packet on the sheet pan to prevent dripping in oven.
  • Make beans by sauteing in olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper. Add 2 tbsp of water and cook two more minutes to finish steaming
  • Make dressing by combining the ingredients in a blender until smooth.
  • Arrange salad ingredients attractively on a platter in sections and then drizzle with the dressing.
  • Enjoy immediately. Or do not dress until serving and enjoy for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 492kcalCarbohydrates: 70gProtein: 10gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gSodium: 1111mgPotassium: 2015mgFiber: 12gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 6264IUVitamin C: 63mgCalcium: 130mgIron: 4mg
Keyword salade nicoise vegan, vegan nicoise salad
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