Salade Nicoise

Ingredients

• red onions

  thinly sliced
  2 unit
• celery

  sliced
  2 stalks
• Tbs. olive oil
  5 unit
• minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
  1/4 cup
• garlic

  minced
  3 cloves
• Tbs. minced fresh basil
  2 unit
• Tbs. red wine vinegar
  1 to 2 unit
• dried oregano
  1/4 tsp
• to 1/2 cup good-quality black olives

  whole or pitted
  1/4 unit
• new potatoes

  quartered
  5 small
• string beans

  sliced into 1-inch pieces
  2 cups
• wax beans

  sliced into 1-inch pieces
  2 cups
• Red leaf

  radicchio or Boston lettuce
  1 unit
• Optional garnishes:
  1 unit
• canned white beans

  rinsed
  1 cup
• and drained
  1 unit
•  lb. fried tempeh
  1/2 unit
• hard-boiled eggs

  quartered
  2 or 3 unit
• cherry tomatoes
  1 unit
• Sliced avocado
  1 unit