Nicoise Style Salad

September 16, 2010

This is a very colorful, healthy composed salad. In a “composed salad,” the ingredients are cut and arranged on the plate, rather than being mixed together. I love this because my boys (four and six) can simply choose the ingredients they like — while I eat all of it!

Traditionally, Nicoise Salad is composed of various vegetables topped with tuna, anchovies,…

Valentina's passion is food, and she loves spending time in her "kitchen retreat," as she refers to that room in her house. Valentina develops recipes for creative and comforting food that works perfectly for casual entertaining. Both her recipes and food photography have been featured many times on popular food websites and in print. Valentina shares her beautiful photographs as well as new and interesting recipes almost daily on her blog, Cooking on the Weekends.

Outside the worlds of food and photography, Valentina's other passion is her family (including her two young boys, her husband and her puppy, Maple.)

To learn more about Valentina and where her work has been featured, visit her About page at Cooking On The Weekends.