7 summer nicoise Recipes

new potatoes, red wine vinegar, divided, green beans, trimmed, dijon mustard, olive oil, plus more for brushing grill, tuna , cut into 1-inch pieces, kalamata olives, pitted and chopped, wooden skewers , soaked in water 30 minutes, tomatoes (about 1/2 lb), red bell pepper , cut into 1-inch pieces, zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds, yellow summer squash, cut into 1/2-inch rounds, hard-cooked eggs, peeled and quartered

sesame seeds, extra-virgin olive oil, nicoise olives or other full-flavored brine-cured black olives, rinsed and dried, chopped oregano , or better yet summer savory

ripe tomatoes, sliced 1/2-inch thick, fennel , julienned, creamy garlic dressing , recipe follows, salt and freshly ground pepper, minced chives, fresh chervil leaves, basil leaves , chiffonade, ricotta salata cheese, crumbled, nicoise olives, pitted, prepared mayonnaise, red wine vinegar, fresh lemon juice, dijon mustard, garlic , smashed, olive oil, salt and freshly ground pepper

red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, anchovy paste, virgin olive oil, summer squash , cut into 1/4 inch slices, tuna steak, 1 inch thick,cut into 4 pieces, jumbo shrimp, shelled ,deviened and halved lengthwise, sea scallops, green beans, cut in half if large, yellow wax bean, cut in half if large, orange bell peppers or 1 red bell pepper, slivered, tomatoes, halved, drained nicoise olives, head red leaf lettuce

minced red onion, extra-virgin olive oil , plus 1/2 cup, golden raisins, sherry vinegar, dijon mustard, california black olives, drained, nicoise olives, roasted garlic, anchovies in oil, fresh ground black pepper, whole butter, red bliss or assorted waxy potatoes, skin-on, washed, assorted summer beans, snipped, sushi grade tuna, red pear or cherry tomatoes, yellow pear or cherry tomatoes, pitted nicoise olives, pitted manzanilla olives, torn basil leaves, baby arugula, rinsed and dried, marinated white anchovies, sea salt and fresh ground pepper