4 haricots verts tomatoes salad tapenade Recipes

zucchini , sliced lengthwise in 3/8-inch thick slices, fresh summer slicing tomato, cored and sliced in thin wedges and seeds removed (beefsteak tomato), water, lemon juice, fresh french haricots vert (about 2 1/2 cups) or 1/2 lb fresh green beans, ends trimmed (about 2 1/2 cups), red radishes, sliced paper thin, black olive tapenade (see suggested recipes below), canned garbanzo beans (optional) or 14 1/2 oz cannellini beans (optional) or 14 1/2 oz kidney beans, drained (optional)

haricots verts, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, fresh thyme leaves, minced, onion, peeled, trimmed, and sliced, red bell pepper , roasted, peeled, cored, seeded, trimmed, and cut into 1/4-inch strips, yellow bell pepper , roasted, peeled, cored, seeded, trimmed, and cut into 1/4-inch strips, nigoise salad dressing , recipe follows, fingerling potatoes, boiled and peeled, red and yellow pear and sweet 100 cherry tomatoes, cut in halves, bread , preferably sourdough, garlic clove, peeled, herbed goat cheese , recipe follows, black and green olive tapenade , recipe follows, center-cut ahi tuna fillets, seasoned with freshly cracked coriander seeds, cracked black pepper, and kosher salt, to taste, mixed baby lettuces, washed and dried, pitted nigoise olives, quail eggs, boiled, peeled, and halved, anchovy fillets, nicoise salad dressing, recipe courtesy wolfgang puck , pizza, pasta & more!, random house, 2000, fresh lemon juice, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, minced garlic, minced shallots, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt, freshly ground white pepper, sugar, recipe courtesy wolfgang puck , pizza, pasta & more!, random house, 2000, nigoise olives, pitted, green french olives (picholine), pitted, oven-dried tomatoes, drained , recipe follows, capers, garlic, anchovy fillet, chopped fresh basil leaves, chopped fresh thyme leaves, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped fresh oregano leaves, extra virgin olive oil

beets, top stems and roots trimmed to not less than 1/2-inch, red skinned potatoes , scrubbed, larger potatoes quartered, smaller potatoes halved, olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper, baby artichokes, tops trimmed , tough outer leaves removed, haricots verts, trimmed, wood chips , preferably mesquite, optional, thick tuna steak, store bought black olive tapenade, balsamic vinaigrette , recipe follows, diced red onion, tomatoes, trimmed and halved, mesclun, hard cooked eggs, shelled and quartered lengthwise, drained nicoise olives, caper berries on the stem, drained, balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, minced shallot, hot pepper sauce, salt, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, freshly ground black pepper