Lentil salad with fresh mint & goat cheese
3
Points®
Total Time
35 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
25 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
This seven-ingredient recipe uses the wonderful flavor of French lentils to great advantage by pairing them with fresh chopped mint and creamy goat cheese for a tasty contrast in flavor and texture. Green French lentils are not like the standard green lentils in the grocery store. The French variety are slightly darker, they taste more peppery and nutty, and they are smaller in size. But what makes them really stand apart from other lentils is how well they hold their shape when they’re cooked, much better than other varieties, which makes them ideal for recipes like this one where they are the star.
Ingredients
Dried lentils
1½ cup(s), French green-variety, picked over and rinsed
Bay leaf
2 leaf/leaves
Red onion
½ small, coarsely chopped
Peppermint leaves
¼ cup(s), fresh, coarsely chopped
Table salt
½ tsp, or to taste
Black pepper
¼ tsp, freshly ground, or to taste
Semisoft goat cheese
½ cup(s), crumbled