Lentil Salad
A fresh, delicious salad packed with lentils, vegetables, feta, and herbs tossed with a dijon red wine vinaigrette.
Ingredients
For the salad
- 1 cup dried brown or green lentils cooked according to package directions
- 2 Persian cucumbers diced
- ¾ cup cherry tomatoes quartered or diced
- ½ medium red onion diced
- 1 medium bell pepper seeded, diced
- ⅛ cup mint chopped, packed
- ⅛ cup basil chopped, packed
- ⅓-1/2 cup crumbled feta herbed or plain
- salt and pepper to taste
For the dressing
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ lemon juiced
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- ½ tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon honey
Instructions
- Cook the lentils according to package ingredients. Then, drain and let cool.
- Once lentils have cooled, in a large bowl mix together the lentils, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, bell pepper, mint, and basil.
- Then, mix in the feta.
- Toss together dressing ingredients. Then, toss dressing into salad until well combined.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator!
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