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Roasted Tomato Lentil Salad

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A simple and easy Roasted Tomato Lentil Salad recipe made gluten-free with lentils, roasted cherry tomatoes, red onion and lots of parsley all in a garlicky, sweet mustard dressing. Perfect beside any dinner or as a filling and nutritious lunch!


Roasted Tomato Lentil Salad

This recipe was published before Always Nourished transitioned to PCOS-focused recipes. Some of the ingredients used in this recipe may not be PCOS-friendly or compliant with the Always Nourished food and nutrition methods or protocols for PCOS.

Cute little lentils dressed in a sweet, mustard and roasted garlic sauce with tender, little tomatoes and parsley all mixed together in a bowl and called Roasted Tomato Lentil Salad.  Yep, dinner (or lunch!!) is served.

Because this salad is totally gluten-free and is wonderfully filling and wholesome and just good for you. Serve it warm. Serve it chilled. You do you.

And it’s good!

So.good.

I mean, who knew lentils and oven-roasted tomatoes would pair so wonderfully in salad form? I might even have to go as far as to say this is one of my all-time favourite salads.

Maybe…

 MORE ABOUT THIS ROASTED TOMATO LENTIL SALAD RECIPE…

Cooking lentils from scratch can be intimidating to some people. I was definitely there. I know the struggle of seeing waaaay too many lentil options on that grocery store shelf and not knowing which one will get the job done for you. But that is really key – picking the right lentil for the job.

Side Note: If you want to use lentils as more of a thickener, go with the red lentils. Those turn pretty mushy and thicken soups and sauces perfectly, however, they are terrible for making a salad out of. For a salad like this one, opt for more of a Puy or beluga lentil. They hold their shape and texture perfectly!

The secret ingredient to this salad is definitely that large clove of garlic you put in the water to boil the lentils. I had always just tossed it out before. But if you fish it out of the water when the lentils are tender and mash it in with your olive oil and mustard dressing it gives a pretty awesome roasted garlic flavour without any of the hassles of roasting!! It’s pretty delicious. Just a simple sweet honey mustard style dressing with the best-roasted garlic finish going!! Perfect when paired with roasted tomatoes and some lentils.

But the best thing about this salad in my opinion, other than the fact that it’s a pretty easy-to-make meal, is that it is equally delicious when served warm, moments after tossing everything together, cold if you’re having it for lunch the next day, or at room temperature, if you are like me go to pull this salad out of the fridge for lunch but then get too distracted by Pinterest that you forget you were going to eat lunch and your lentil salad is still on the counter an hour later… Yeah, it still tastes good then too.
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Roasted Tomato and Lentil Salad


  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
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A simple and easy Roasted Tomato Lentil Salad recipe made gluten free and vegan-possible with beluga lentils, roasted cherry tomatoes, red onion and lots of parsley all in a garlicky, sweet mustard dressing. Perfect beside any dinner or as a filling and nutritious lunch!


Ingredients

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For the Lentils:

  • 1 cup dried Puy or beluga lentils
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 dried bay leaf (optional, but recommended)
  • 1 large clove garlic, peeled but left whole (will be used in dressing as well)
  • A big pinch of salt

For the Roasted Tomatoes:

  • 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
  • 1–2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt and Pepper

For the Dressing:

  • 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon or grainy mustard
  • 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 tablespoon honey (or use maple syrup if vegan)
  • 1 boiled garlic from lentils
  • Salt and Pepper, to taste

For the Salad:

  • 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
  • 1/2 cup fresh parsley, roughly chopped (plus more for garnish)

Instructions

For the Lentils

  1. In a medium sized pot add the lentils, water, a bay leaf, garlic and salt and pepper. Over medium heat bring water to a boil then reduce and simmer stirring occasionally until the lentils are tender, about 15-20 minutes.
  2. While lentils are cooking, roast the tomatoes and make the dressing.
  3. Drain the lentils using a fine mesh strainer when tender and remove the bay leaf and garlic, keeping the garlic for the dressing and discard the bay leaf.

For the Roasted Tomatoes:

  1. While lentils are cooking, preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Transfer the halved tomatoes to the prepared baking sheet then season with 1-2 teaspoons oil and salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for about 15 minutes until tomatoes burst and look wrinkly and are just tender. Remove from oven and let cool slightly.

For the Dressing:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, mash the boiled garlic into a paste. Whisk together the garlic, oil, mustard, lemon juice, and honey. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

For the Salad:

  1. When the lentils are cooked and the tomatoes are cooled slightly, assemble the salad. To the large mixing bowl with the dressing, fold in the lentils, tomatoes, onions and parsley.
  2. Serve this salad warm, room temperature or cold and garnish with additional parsley.
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 35 minutes

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July 29, 2017

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Rebecca Dwyre is the holistic nutritionist, recipe creator and photographer behind Always Nourished. Being diagnosed with PCOS in 2018 was unexpected and devastating for her. Since then she’s been on her own PCOS Freedom journey and has learned so much about managing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome with food and lifestyle that she’s made it her mission to share what she has learned so that other women with PCOS don’t have to struggle like she did.

 

 

 

 

 

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