☀️ Warm Sunshine and Lentil Salad ☀️
Flicking through @leonrestaurants Happy Salads book yesterday, I was reminded of sunny Sicilian orange salads.
It feels like the coldest day of the year here, so today’s creation is a warm salad with lentils added in - an amazing food for keeping you feeling full across the day.
🎢 Perfect if you want to avoid those mid afternoon blood sugar dips that send you off looking for the biscuit tin.
This dish is also great for hormone and bone health, packed with protein, fibre, vitamin c and calcium.
An important mineral to keep an eye on, for prioritising your bone density...especially if you don’t consume cow’s milk.
Here’s the recipe.
Enjoy 🙂
Ingredients
400g cooked puy lentils, served warm
4 handfuls of pea shoots or rocket
3 medium oranges, peeled and cut into slices
150g Goats or Feta cheese
1 red onion, finely sliced
2tbsp capers (in vinegar)
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
2tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tsp sumac
2tsp honey
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to season the dressing
Method
🍊Mix the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, garlic, honey, salt & pepper & sumac together in a medium sized bowl
🍊 Add in the lentils & stir
🍊 Gently fold in the remaining ingredients
🍊 Serve
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