Garden Vegetable Lentil Salad

FrVanilla's Note:

Healthy Vegetarian Salad. Perfect for using up your garden veggies. From Plan B Organic Farm. Recipe must be chilled for atleast over night.

• Total Time: 12 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 cups cooked lentils
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
• 1 large yellow pepper, finely chopped
• 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
• 2 carrots, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup fresh peas
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 cup fresh mint or 1/2 cup fresh coriander, chopped

Directions:

1. Place lentils in a large salad bowl.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large frying pan set over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and garlic. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in jalapeño, pepper and peas. Sauté for another 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add to lentils.
3. In a bowl, whisk 1 tablespoon oil with lemon juice, cumin, salt and cayenne, if using. Stir into salad. Taste and add more salt, if needed.
4. If making ahead, cover and refrigerate up to 2 days, then add fresh herbs, if using, just before serving.

Reviews

[Prose]

This is fresh, delicious, and easy to make. I really enjoyed the combination of flavors. Mint is not something I would have normally added to a lentil dish, but it was perfect. I will definitely make this again!

[Katanashrp]

What a tasty dish. I reduced the amount of cumin and fresh mint by half and it was perfect for us. My Lebanese BF said it reminded him of home :-) Thank you.

[Food.com]

Congrats ! Your recipe was on our homepage last Friday as "The Recipe of the Day" (06/20/2011)