Salade Nicoise - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 new potatoes (1 lb.), scrubbed
2 lb. green beans, cooked
10 very ripe Italian plum tomatoes, washed and quartered
1 small purple onion, peeled and sliced
1/2 c. Nicoise olives
1/4 c. chopped Italian parsley
pinch of salt
1 tsp. ground black pepper
3/4 c. Italian vinaigrette
6 hard-cooked eggs, shelled and quartered
12 oz. canned oil-packed tuna, well drained

Preparation

Cook potatoes in boiling salted water about 10 minutes.
When cooked, quarter the potatoes and put in large bowl.
Add green beans, tomatoes, onion, olives, parsley, pinch of salt and pepper. Pour 1/2 cup of vinaigrette over the vegetables and toss gently but well.