Healthy Walnut Lentil Salad Recipe

Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 0 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

1 x 400g can no-added-salt brown lentils, drained
1/2 clove garlic, chopped
2 spring onions (including green tops), sliced
1 bunch English spinach leaves, shredded
150 g reduced-fat feta cheese, crumbled
1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
2 tbs walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup low-fat Italian salad dressing

Method

Combine lentils, garlic, onion, spinach and feta in a mixing bowl.
Add tomatoes, walnuts and dressing.

Hint
Make your own low-fat Italian dressing by mixing juice from ½ lemon with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a little Dijon mustard.

Recipe from Healthy Food Fast © State of Western Australia, 2012. Reproduced with permission.

Variations

Use 250g cooked green beans instead of spinach.
Replace canned lentils with 1 1/2 cups cooked lentils. Always rinse lentils and pick out stones before cooking. Cook according to packet instructions. Be careful not to overcook as they will go mushy.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with roast pork loin or chicken.

Healthy tip!

Choose plain water or soda water in place of a sugary drink.

More tips

Nutrition Information


	per serving	per 100g
Energy	523 kJ	345 kJ
Protein	11.2 g	7.4 g
Fat, total	6.1 g	4 g
— saturated	2.6 g	1.7 g
Carbohydrate	4.9 g	3.2 g
— sugars	1.4 g	0.9 g
Sodium	294.1 mg	194.1 mg
Fibre	3.1 g	2.1 g

Member comments & rating

Comments (1)

Hi, I made this salad for dinner, tonight. Yum! I added, Mediterranean olives, diced red capsicums and the suggested, green beans, Looking forward to trying other recipes, on this fab site. I tried to rate the recipe, but it didn’t work.
Dianne Pymble-Ward
Posted on: 05 Nov 18