Thursday, August 23, 2012

Lost at Sea in a Lentil Salad

Sadly, we are coming to the end of summer.
The days of eating salads and refreshing meals will slowly fade away and be replaced with hearty stews and steaming hot soups.....BUT, until then we can all rejoice in this Lentil Salad.

I love this lentil salad because its hearty enough to be a meal but is still light and refreshing for the summer.

As always, its quick and easy too!

To get started you will need;

1 red onion finely diced
1 pack of trader joe's steamed french style lentils (of course you can use fresh lentils or canned)
6-7 cups of baby spinach
1 block of reduced fat fetta, cubed
1 bunch of italian parsley, chopped
olive oil
balsamic vinegar.

1.) Combine the onion and parsley in a large bowl and coat lightly with olive oil. Toss and set aside.
2.) Meanwhile to prepare the lentils heat a fry pan with a little spray oil and gently warm the lentils.
3.) Add the lentils to the onion mix and throw in the spinach and fetta cubes. The warm lentils will help lightly wilt the spinach and make the fetta creamy - yum!
4.) Drizzle with a really good quality balsamic vinegar and more olive oil.
5.) Serve!

(Makes 7 serves)

YUM!

Enjoy!





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