French Green Lentil Salad
Ingredients
- ¾ cup French green lentils; washed well and drained
- 1 red onion; finely chopped
- 5 baby qukes or Lebanese cucumber; finely chopped
- ½ red bell pepper; finely chopped
- ½ cup olives; sliced
- 2 tbsp capers
- 2 medium tomatoes; finely chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley; finely chopped
- 1 cup baby spinach; coarsely chopped
- 3 baby radish; finely chopped
- Dressing:
- 2 tsp jalapeno mustard use any kind of mustard
- 2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp verjuice replace with red wine vinegar, apple cider or any type of vinegar
- Salt to season
Instructions
- Cook the washed green lentils in salted boiling water; drain and keep aside. (Takes approximately 15-20 minutes to cook)
- To the drained lentils, add the spinach leaves and mix through. The residual heat slightly wilts the spinach which is all the cooking that it needs.
- To a salad bowl, add the lentils with spinach and all the remaining chopped veggies and herbs.
- To make the dressing, add all the ingredients to a bowl and whisk well.
- Pour this over the salad just before serving; toss well to combine.
- Enjoy!