Here’s Mrs Easy Hiker to show you how she made…..
A Salad Nicoise
We’re back in the French Riviera. This time, in Cannes. And on the day we got there, summer seems to be refusing to budge for the arrival of autumn. It was scorching hot!
We were in the city of celebrities for three and half days, continuing our search for the small outdoors in the French Riviera. (Brangelina couldn’t wait a few more months to meet the Easy Hikers? Hmph, their loss. We could have shown them a trail or two that their big family could have enjoyed.)
Since budgetwise we travel very much unlike Brangelina and their coterie, we were very happy that we found a vacation rental in Cannes.
No need to whisper it: things are a bit pricey in this city. But being in a holiday rental meant we didn’t have to pay exorbitant prices for a hotel room and go out for dinner every night (where a simple salad would have set us back €14 each. Set menus everywhere were never less than €25-€30 per person, sans wine.)
So, it was easy to decide to prepare our meals for the next three days at “home” where we had a fully equipped kitchen, very much appreciating the nearby local fresh market and the supermarket.
Top of the list of what I wanted to prepare was the famous Salade Niçoise – an appropriate dish for a hot summer’s day.
So, this little missy went to market….
The Ingredients
These are the ones you would be thankful for that you are not in a hotel room because they need to be cooked!
These are the ones you could easily get in the market as well as a supermarket.
There’s not much in terms of getting the dish ready. But, except for the anchovies and the eggs, I did toss each ingredient in the vinaigrette, assuring that each layer had some flavour. You’d appreciate this once you start digging into it.
These may not go into the salad, but the salad nicoise cannot possibly go without them.
Et voilà!
I love the recipe of your Nicoise salad Michael and Marlys.
Makes my mouth water, easy to make, like a lot of salads
I love staying in holiday rentals and have always enjoyed my stays with HouseTrip. You get so much more for your money than you do with a hotel and I love that you can cook at home, especially when there’s a market near by. I’ll have to try your recipe, it looks good!
Same here, Leigh. I prefer it with tuna too, but Marlys wanted to try something new. And it proved to be as tasty and filling too.
I love Salade Nicoise but prefer it with tuna. I don’t know how many variations I’ve had in France but a lot. And of course you have to support the locals and drink their wine. Looks delicious to me.
Ah ok, my mistake! The Frenchies will be happy then. ;)
I got news for you, Andrea, the original Salade Nicoise used anchovies because then they considered tuna too expensive a fish. And frankly, it was a tastier salad because of it.
Hope you didn’t get in trouble with the Frenchies for adding anchovies. ;)
I’ll make you one when you come visit, Simon – Marlys
Mrs Easyhiker Salade Niçoise looks absolutely de-li-cious and I’m a big salad lover. How come you didn’t invite me? :-D
And you wouldn’t need any proof either that this salad was as yummy as it looked on the picture, Cathy.
You don’t have to convince me that a vacation rental is a great option. How nice to be on the French Riviera in your own place, cooking up nice dishes like this. Looks delicious.
Enjoy your trip to Italy, Jackie!
Love this post . . .we are heading to Italy and will be doing the same thing! You’ve gotten us even more excited about our upcoming adventure by reading about yours. Glad you had a great time.