Arugula & lentils salad

Recipe by Mandarina

The weather gets warmer every day and I naturally crave salads. I love a good salad for dinner and sometimes even for lunch. They’re so refreshing,  tasty and so beautiful, full of colors and…

Ingredients

• 2 hands full of arugula
• 1 hand full of cherry tomatoes or 1 big tomato
• ½ cup uncooked lentils, which makes about 2/3 cup of cooked lentils (I prefer black, but you may go with whatever type you like)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 1 tbs balsamic vinegar
• some chopped walnuts
• water to cook the lentils
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. Soak the lentils in water for a minimum of 2 hours.
2. Discard the soaking water, add fresh water, some salt and bring lentils to a boil.
3. Let them cook until tender (mine needed 20 minutes).
4. Meanwhile, clean the arugula and put it on the serving plate.
5. Add tomatoes and walnuts.
6. Once the lentils are cooked discard the cooking water and let them cool few minutes.
7. Once they're cool add them to the salad.
8. Add salt, pepper and the olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing.
9. Mix everything together and enjoy.

View the recipe instructions at Mandarina