Better Tuna Nicoise (Tuna Salad Without Mayo)

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Perfect combination and balance of flavours, this Tuna Nicoise Salad is an easy, simple and very delicious option for dinner or a packed lunch and can be served warm or cold! Topped with tinned tuna, sundried tomatoes and capers, this salad is bursting with flavours. Made better with roast baby potatoes and delicious honey and mustard dressing, this is a great tuna salad without mayo that is both healthy and filling!

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Ingredients and Substitutes

• baby potatoes: new baby potatoes, jersey royals, charlotte potatoes or any other small waxy potatoes will work great! Make sure to cut large ones in half in order for them to cook at the same time.
• mixed dried herbs: can be replaced with dried thyme or oregano. Don't use fresh herbs as they will burn in the oven.
• olive oil: will be used for coating the potatoes before roasting as well as in dressing.
• eggs: choose free-range eggs if you can. The bright orange yolk looks beautiful on this no mayo tuna salad.
• capers: use small capers. Capers are bursting with sharp vinegary flavour, so you ideally want to use small little pearls that make it into each bite and do not overpower other flavours. Our favourite varieties of capers are surfines and capucines.
• sundried tomatoes: in oil, drained and dabbed with a piece of paper towel, then sliced into thin strips.
• spinach: we used baby spinach. Replace spinach with watercress, rocket or mixed baby leaves.
• tinned tuna: in brine or spring water, drained.
• red onion: can be replaced with spring onion.
• cucumber: we used English cucumber.
• honey: clear runny honey will be easier to mix with the rest of the dressing ingredients.
• Dijon mustard.
• cider vinegar: can be replaced with white wine vinegar.

How to Make Tuna Nicoise with Honey Mustard Dressing?

Preheat the oven to 220°C Fan. Cut the bigger baby potatoes in half. Place the potatoes in a large bowl, drizzle with a tablespoon of olive oil, and add the mixed dried herbs and some salt. Shake the bowl to cover the potatoes in seasoning and tip onto a baking tray, spread out. Cook in the oven for 35-40 minutes, turning them once halfway through, until tender and browned.

In the meantime, make the dressing by mixing extra virgin olive oil, mustard, honey and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.

Cook the eggs in boiling water for 6-7 minutes. Then immediately place in cold water for a few minutes. Peel the eggs and cut them in half. You should have a soft yolk. If you prefer hard-boiled eggs, cook them for longer.

Slice the sundried tomatoes into thin strips, and thinly slice the red onion and cucumber. Divide the spinach between two plates. Scatter the capers, sundried tomatoes, red onion and cucumber on to. Add the tinned tuna in small piles on top.

Once the potatoes are cooked, add them to the salad alongside the soft-boiled eggs and drizzle everything with honey-mustard dressing!

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Other Recipes Using Tinned Tuna

This No Mayo Tuna Nicoise Salad With Honey Mustard Dressing is one of our favourite ways to use an unpretentious tin of tuna. But we have a bunch of other recipes that take humble tuna to new heights:

• Ultimate Tuna Melt Wrap
• Mexican Tuna Salad
• Easy Tuna Rice Salad (With Optional Twist)
• Tinned Tuna Fish Cakes and Poached Eggs with Hollandaise Sauce
• Cheesy Tuna Pesto Pasta Bake
• Tuna Cucumber Sandwich (Easy Lunch Recipe) or Tuna and Sweetcorn Sandwich

Other Delicious Salad Recipes

Do you love exciting salads as much as we do? If you enjoyed this Tuna Salad without mayo, why not have a look at the recipes below, you may like:

• Spiced Paneer Salad
• Classic Creamy Tuna Pasta Salad
• Watermelon & Feta Salad with Prosciutto and Balsamic Reduction
• Tuscan-Style Panzanella Salad
• Mandarin & Halloumi Couscous Bowl

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