Lentil Garden Salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 103.8
  • Total Fat: 1.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 27.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 17.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 6.7 g
  • Protein: 6.8 g

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Introduction

This salad is supposed to be served with a Mediterranean vinaigrette. I've left this out of the recipe's nutritional information so that you can instead use what you prefer or have on hand since dressings & their nutritional content vary greatly. This salad is supposed to be served with a Mediterranean vinaigrette. I've left this out of the recipe's nutritional information so that you can instead use what you prefer or have on hand since dressings & their nutritional content vary greatly.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1 tsp olive oil
    1/2 cup diced red onion
    2 medium carrots, diced
    2 medium stalks celery, diced
    1 medium red bell pepper, diced
    1/4 tsp salt
    1/4 tsp pepper
    2 cups cooked lentils (1 large can, rinsed)

    **1/3 cup vinaigrette dressing of your choice (if mixing into the entire batch)**

Directions

1) Heat olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onions, carrots, celery and bell pepper. Fry covered for about 10 min until vegetables have softened and onions have turned translucent.

2) Add pepper, salt and lentils to frying pan. Mix well and continue to cook another 5 minutes, uncovered, until lentils are warmed through.

Serve warm or cold. 1/3 cup vinaigrette can be mixed into the entire batch or each portion can be drizzled with just over 2 tsp vinaigrette per.

Serving Size: Makes 6 servings of approx. 1/2 a cup each.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user 13KAY13.