Thursday, February 18, 2010

Cold Lentil Salad

Yes, more lentils. They are just too good and too good for you to leave sitting in the pantry. This is a great lunch to take to work since it can be eaten cold or room temperature.

Recipe:
2 cups of cooked and drained lentils
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks of celery, diced
1/2 red onion, diced
1/2 cucumber, diced
1 lemon, juiced
3 T vinegar
3 T olive oil
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/2 tsp sugar
1 handful fresh parsley or cilantro
pepper

Combine lentils, carrots, celery, red onion, and cucumber in a large bowl. In a small bowl whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, oil, mustard, and sugar. Toss with lentil mixture. Stir in herbs and pepper.

*You can add or substitute a lot of things into this salad. Fresh tomato is great in this if you like them. Also, if you want a bit of heat you can add some crushed red pepper flakes.

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