4 verts salad tapenade Recipes

red ripe large tomatoes , deseeded and cut into eighths, mixed baby lettuce leaves (make sure there s arugula in the mix), new potato, cooked and sliced, french haricots vert , cooked until crisp-tender, shallots, peeled and finely chopped, tuna in olive oil, well drained, hard-boiled eggs, peeled and quartered, sea salt, anchovy fillets, black olive tapenade, balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, extra virgin olive oil, freshly cracked black pepper, minced fresh parsley, minced fresh basil, minced fresh tarragon, minced fresh chives

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)

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