This is a high protein, fresh tasting salad using cooked puy lentils, cooked white quinoa, spring onions, tomatoes (optional grated carrot) dressed in a mint and parsley dressing.
Using ready cooked lentils and quinoa makes this a quick andeasy salad to prepare.
Put 250gm of cooked Puy Lentils onto the salad bowl
Put 250gm of cooked white quinoa into the bowl
Chop the parsley, mint, spring onions and tomatoes, add them to the bowl.
Optionally grate a carrot and add to the bowl.
Dress the salad with a classic vinaigrette
Lentil, quinoa and tomato salad in a mint and parsley dressing
High protein crunchy salad in a refreshing mint and parsley dressing
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 279kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g Puy Lentils
- 250 g White quinoa
- 90 g flat leaf parsley
- 30 g fresh mint
- 4 spring onions
- 4 tomatoes
- 4 tbsp vinaigrette
Method
- This is a high protein, fresh tasting salad using cooked puy lentils, cooked white quinoa, spring onions, tomatoes (optional grated carrot) dressed in a mint and parsley dressing.Using ready cooked lentils and quinoa makes this a quick andeasy salad to prepare.
- Put 250gm of cooked Puy Lentils onto the salad bowl
- Put 250gm of cooked white quinoa into the bowl
- Chop the parsley, mint, spring onions and tomatoes, add them to the bowl.
- Optionally grate a carrot and add to the bowl.
- Dress the salad with a classic vinaigrette
Nutrition
Calories: 279kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 400mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2239IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 5mg
(All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more).