Ingredients

The following ingredients have 6 Servings
  • 1 pound lentils, frozen (then steeped in boiling water)
  • 1/2 cup bell pepper (red; diced)
  • 1 1/2 cups carrot (bruniosed cut)
  • 1 1/2 cups tomatoes (yellow pear; halved)
  • 1 cup spinach (fresh)
  • 1/4 cup feta cheese (crumbled)
  • 2 tbsp olives (kalamata; thin sliced lengthwise)
  • 1-2 heads lettuce (Boston Bibb/Butter; for 6-8 cups)
  • 8 oz. balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbsp mustard (Dijon)
  • 2 tbsp green onions (minced and/or mixed into immersion blended)
  • 1-2 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp oregano (fresh chopped)
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 tsp pepper (black)
  • 1 tsp salt (kosher)
  • 4 oz. olive oil

Instruction

  • Follow directions on the frozen lentil package or cook 1 ¾ pounds of dry Spanish Lentils until tender and cooled to below 41 degrees or less in two hours. Stop the cooking process by spreading thin on sheet pans and into refrigerator.
  • Mix all the cut peppers, carrots, tomatoes, spinach and olives with the cold lentils in a large bowl. Pour over dressing and fold into ingredients until mix is very coated. The dressing needs to merry with lentil mix for a few hours before service. Mix in the feta cheese at service. If mixed in earlier it will be a greater feta flavor.