Garden salad

Rainbow Lentil Salad

Who said salad and lentils were boring?

This Rainbow Lentil Salad is not only nice but also tasty and nourishing!! I mainly combined lentils with roasted peppers, avocado, mango blue cheese, soft eggs… It is really yummy!!

Rainbow Lentil Salad

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Servings

2

servings
Prep time

1

hour 
Cooking time

45

minutes

Ingredients

  • 120 gr of green lentils

  • 1 yellow pepper

  • 1 avocado

  • 1/2 mango

  • 100 gr red cabbage

  • Pomegranate

  • Sea salt

  • 2 slices of smoked ham

  • 2 eggs

  • 20 gr Blue cheese

  • Olive oil

  • 1 glove of garlic

  • 1/2 Lemon

  • Few leaves of coriander

  • 20 gr Pine nuts

Directions

  • Roast the yellow pepper
  • Preheat your oven at 200°C
  • Wash the pepper, put it oven and roast it for about 20 minutes. 
  • Using tongs, give the peppers a half turn, then place back in the oven for another 20 minutes.
  • Make sure peppers have fully roasted: the skin should be charred and soft, and the peppers should look slightly collapsed. Do not hesitate to let them roast for a few more minutes.
  • Place the pepper in a bowl and cover it tightly and let sweat for 20 minutes.
  • Take off the skin and remove seeds. Cut it in slices. Put in in a bowl with 2 spoons of olive oil and minced garlic. Allow to marinate while you prepare the rest of the recipe.
  • Cook lentils
  • Rinse the lentils.
  • Combine lentils and 2 glasses of water in a pan.
  • Bring the water to a rapid simmer over medium-high heat. Then reduce the heat to maintain a very gentle simmer: you see a few small bubbles turn. If required, add some water so the lentils are just barely covered. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
  • Cook the eggs
  • In a pan, over high heat, bring the water to a boil.
  • Lower the heat to have a rapid simmer.
  • Add the eggs one at a time.
  • Depending the way you like your eggs, let them cook between 5 to 10 minutes.
    – If you like your eggs soft, cook for 5 minutes
    – If you like your eggs medium soft, cook for 7-8 minutes
    – If you like your eggs boiled, cook for 10 minutes
  • Remove the eggs from the water and run under cold tap water to cool slightly (30 to 60 secondes).
  • Let them cool down before removing the skin.
  • Prepare vegetables and fruits
  • Slice the red cabbage.
  • Cut the mango in cubes.
  • Peel and cut the avocado in slices.
  • Mise en place
  • Combine the cooled lentils with 2 spoons of olive oil, lemon juice and salt. Place in a plate.
  • Add the fruits and veggies that your prepared : red cabbage, mango, avocado, roasted pepper.
  • Randomly add smoked ham and soft eggs, pomegranate, coriander, blue cheese and pine nuts. Add olive oil, salt and lemon juice and serve!
  • ENJOY!!

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