Lemony Lentil Salad Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

This lemony lentil salad is super simple, super tasty, and super healthful. It's also super basic, and easy to dress up with whatever seasonal veggies you picked up at the marketsee the many optional additions listed below to mix and match as you like. While most types of lentils work here, and i like to use tiny green french lentils when i have them on hand, as you can see from the picture, the more common brown lentils work very nicely, too. Softer, hulled red lentils are trickier in salads. If you do decide to use them, be careful not to overcook them. The wonderful thing about this basic salad is that you can enliven it by adding optional items, such as chopped hard-boiled eggs, shaved or thinly sliced fennel, crumbled feta cheese or cojita, and toasted walnuts or pine nuts.

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Ingredients for Lemony Lentil Salad Recipe

  • 0.17 cup Lentils
  • 0.17 teaspoon Fine sea salt, plus more to taste
  • 0.17 Small garlic clove or shallot
  • 0.17 Lemon
  • 1/25 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/25 teaspoon Ground Mustard
  • 1/2 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
Nutrition
value
72
calories per serving
7 g Fat< 1 g Protein3 g Carbs< 1 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    7g
  • Protein
    < 1g
  • Carbs
    3g
  • Fiber
    < 1g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    3g
  • Protein
    < 1g
  • Fiber
    < 1g

Fats

  • Fat
    7g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    21mg
  • Iron
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin A
    18mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    18mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    10mg
  • Vitamin E
    1mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    6mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    11mg
  • Selenium
    < 1mcg
  • Zinc
    < 1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By The Spruce Eats