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Photo:Bauer: Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images. Recipe: VICTOR PROTASIO.
Bauer: Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images. Recipe: VICTOR PROTASIO.
To make the recipe, Joy starts with roasting red potatoes, French green beans and grape tomatoes on a sheet pan drizzled with olive oil. Seasoning the vegetables directly on the pan rather than in a bowl means one less dish to clean, which is a handy hack. After a quick trip in the oven, she makes space among the vegetables for four fillets of salmon, and seasons everything with salt and pepper. The fully roasted salmon and vegetables are placed on top of a bed of mixed greens and then garnished with hard-boiled eggs, artichoke hearts and a drizzle of homemade honey-mustard vinaigrette.
Unlike traditionalniçoise salad, Joy’s version takes advantage of the ease ofsheet-pan cooking. Using one pan to cook several components at once simplifies the time-consuming nature of cooking of individual ingredients as typically done in niçoise recipes. Joy also smartly uses salmon in place of tuna,which is a nutritious choicethat cooks quickly. And the honey-mustard vinaigrette adds a slightly sweet touch to replace the bite of the typical Dijon-based dressing.
When it comes to serving the salad, Joy recommends enjoying it warm, straight out of the oven. If you’re not ready to eat right away, you can also refrigerate it and serve it chilled the following day. “The dish is flexible,” Joy told me. “ You can swap in chicken for the salmon and use whatever fresh herbs you like—chopped basil, cilantro, chives, scallions or tarragon, for example.
Not only is Joy’s salad a delicious twist on a traditional niçoise salad, her version features a powerhouse lineup of anti-inflammatory superstars. Gold medal winners include omega-3-packed wild-caught salmon andextra-virgin olive oil, antioxidant-rich green beans, leafy greens, tomatoes and artichoke hearts, as well as hard-boiled eggs, asource of vitamin D. Collectively, this team of ingredients works together to provide nutrients that may help reduce inflammation while providing energy for your daily activities, whether Olympic or not.
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