Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, spring lentil salad (vegan). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
A delicious, healthy, Greek-inspired lentil salad recipe, loaded up with spring veggies, lemon and fresh mint served over optional yogurt sauce. The farmers market is overflowing with the most beautiful spring produce! I picked a few up veggies at the Kendall Yards.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook spring lentil salad (vegan) using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan):
- Get 1 cup dry raw green lentils
- Take 2 medium sized tomatoes cubed
- Get 4-5 shallots chopped coarsely
- Take 1 large cucumber diced
- Make ready 1 apple (I used red apples)
- Take Few sprigs of mint
- Get 2 tbsps finely chopped mint
- Make ready 2 tsps freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Take Few walnuts (as per your liking)
- Prepare Dry chia seeds for garnish
- Prepare 2 medium sized potatoes par boiled and unpeeled
- Get 3 cups stock (any flavor)
- Prepare 2 tsps sweet paprika powder
- Take 2 garlic cloves
- Take Some olive oil
- Get Salt as per taste
- Get For the sauce
- Prepare 3 tbsps good quality Balsamic vinegar
- Make ready 1 tbsp honey
- Get 1 tbsp dijon mustard
The truth is what I really want to write about is the soft spring rain (not even sure we can call it that as it feels more like a mist) and the pillowy cherry blossoms gracing what feels like every street in Seattle. Warm lentil salad is a protein-packed alternative side dish to starchy potatoes or rice. For a pretty presentation, pack the salad in small ramekins, then invert onto plates and garnish with a cucumber slice and a halved cherry tomato. Another salad is born, and this French Lentil Salad with bitter greens is another healthy salad for the vegan recipe collection!
Instructions to make Spring Lentil Salad (Vegan):
- Preheat the oven to 250°C
- While the oven is being preheated, add lentils and stock of your choice on a casserole and cook it for at least 13 mins. Depending on your lentils, you would have to keep a watch. The goal is to cook the lentils al dente. Some lentils like whole moong might take as long as 20 mins until al dente.
- Meanwhile, in an oven tray, place your unpeeled parboiled potatoes. Sprinkle some salt and paprika. Add roughly crushed garlic, a dash of olive oil and give it a nice mix with your hands. Put the potatoes in the oven and let them bake for at least 15 mins.
- While the potatoes are getting baked, you can work on the other ingredients. Take the cubed apples and sprinkle some lemon juice on them and keep them aside in the fridge for at least 5 mins.
- Once the lentils are cooked, strain out the water and leave them out to cool. Once they are nicely cooked down and dried up, throw in all the chopped vegetables and apples. Give it a nice gentle toss and keep your salad bowl in the fridge.
- Take out the potatoes from the oven. Squish them lightly so that they break a little. Throw in a dash of balsamic vinegar and put them back for another 15 mins. You want to cook them until they become crunchy and golden.
- For the sauce, mix all the ingredients together and voila!
- Once your potatoes are baked. It's time to start plating! Toss your salad in a bowl, garnish with chia seeds and nuts. Add the baked potatoes and some mint leaves. Sprinkle some sauce and you won't regret it!
It is no secret that salads The lentils can be served warm or chilled, making it a nice versatile salad for the cooler season as well. For me these are great qualities that I can stand. The Best Vegan Lentil Salad Recipes on Yummly Southwestern Sprouted Lentil Salad, Vegan Lentil Salad With Brown Rice., Lentil Salad. Salads ain't what they used to be.
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