Salad Nicoise with Seared Tuna

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound (150g) baby potatoes, scrubbed & halved
• 1/4 cup (50g) pitted Nicoise olives
• 2 -1 inch thick tuna steak (can sub for another protein of choice)
• 1/2 pound (150g) fresh green beans, blanched
• 4 hard boiled eggs, halved
• 8-12 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 6 radishes, halved
• 1 – 8 oz jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
• 1 – 2 heads Boston or soft leaf lettuce
• 1 – 2 tablespoons capers
• 4 anchovy fillets
• olive oil
• 1 cup lemon vinaigrette
• salt
• pepper
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• juice and zest from 1 lemon
• 1/2 shallot, minched
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• sea salt