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Vegan low fat green lentil salad
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Green lentil salad

This green lentil salad recipe is made of vegan ingredients as well as an oil-free French lemon dressing for a refreshing starter or entree.
Course Main Course, Salad
Cuisine French, Low fat, Vegan
Keyword Green lentil salad, Oil free lentil salad
Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 403kcal

Ingredients

  • 0.75 lb uncooked green lentils
  • 12 oz radish (I used a colorful burpee watermelon radish, peeled, for this recipe. Regular radishes work just as well)
  • 1 cup raw spinach
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 red pepper
  • 4 oz olives
  • 0.5 oz capers
  • 6 oz cherry tomatoes
  • 2 oz celeri
  • 1 oz parsley
  • Oil-free French lemon dressing (make a double batch for this amount of ingredients)

Instructions

  • Cook the lentils in a pan according to label instructions.
  • Rinse, prepare and finely chop all vegetables.
    Chop vegetables finely for the green lentil salad
  • Prepare the oil-free French lemon dressing, or use the traditional French lemon dressing instead. Make a double batch from the base quantities (2 lemons etc) for this amount of ingredients.
  • When cooked, strain and optionally rinse the lentils in cold water to cool them down. Doing so will also remove the floury residue and make the lentils shapes more distinct.
  • Reserve pieces of tomatoes, parsley and spinach to the side. In a large salad bowl, mix in the lentils, finely chopped vegetables, and dressing.
  • Add the final pieces of chopped tomatoes, parsley and spinach on top for final decoration.
  • Serve immediately. You can keep the salad in the fridge for

Nutrition

Calories: 403kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 610mg | Potassium: 1444mg | Fiber: 31g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 2640IU | Vitamin C: 81.1mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 8.3mg