Incredibly delicious low cal salad

grrl77

Hey guys,

Ran across this recipe on Ellie Krieger's site, and I gotta say, I make this at least once a week:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/chopped-nicoise-salad-recipe/index.html

You can have two cups for under 300 calories, and it's *delicious*. I make wraps out of it, eat it as a salad, whatever. I'm really picky about my canned tuna - I think Starkist canned tuna tastes like catfood. If you have a Trader Joe's, I'd advise making the trip and grabbing their brand of canned tuna in water - best tuna I've ever had. I wouldn't change anything about this recipe. It's delicious just the way it is. Let me know what you think!

jjustjo

sounds wonderful except the diced tomato. I wonder if I could use something like rotelli diced tomatoes and chilis drained instead.

randilea

bump

grrl77

Okay I've gotta ask what 'bump' means.

grrl77

Jo - I actually just omit the tomatoes sometimes, when I don't feel like 'em. I don't know how well canned would do; I'd say just try omitting them altogether. I often don't have the tomatoes, myself, and it turns out fantastic.

kristinlough

Now would it still be good without olives and potatoes? I can live the rest of my life without a potato, and olives ... ew. But it otherwise looks awesome.

I'm so picky ...

grrl77

It'd probably still be good minus the potatoes, but the kalamata olives are delicious in it. Adds a definite flavour to it, because of their saltiness. Have you ever had a kalamata olive? Way different than say, black ones.

kblake0319

Sounds yummy!! Will try!