Beef Salad Niçoise

Ingredients

• 1  peppery grilled flank steak 
• 1 pound green beans fresh trimmed
• 9 cups gourmet greens mixed
• 6 small new potatoes cut in half
• 0.8 cup niçoise olives 
• 12  plum tomatoes quartered
• 2  purple onions sliced cut in half and
• 8 servings peppercorn ranch dressing 

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Cook green beans in boiling water in a saucepan 5 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain and set aside.
2. Cook potato in boiling water to cover in saucepan 15 minutes or until tender; drain and cool slightly.
3. Cut potato into quarters.
4. Cut flank steak diagonally across the grain into thin strips.
5. Mound steak strips in center of a lettuce lined-platter. Arrange green beans, potato, onion, tomato, and olives around flank steak.
6. Serve with Peppercorn Ranch dressing.