Lentil Chickpea Salad with a Lemon-Mustard Dressing
A hearty, filling dish with a zingy, tangy flavour, this lentil chickpea salad with a lemon-mustard dressing requires no cooking at all and takes just 10 minutes to prepare. It’s crammed with healthy protein, thanks to the legume duo, and contains loads of other nutrient-bursting ingredients to boost your health.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Lentil Chickpea Salad Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 10 minutesminutes
Servings 2people
Calories 300kcal
Author Nicola
Ingredients
8cherry tomatoes
¼medium onion
1clove garlic
1handfulfresh coriander
½cupchickpeascooked and drained
½cuplentilscooked and drained
½lemonzest and juice
¼teaspoonground cumin
1teaspoonolive oil
1teaspoonDijon mustard
⅛teaspoonsalt
Instructions
Cut the tomatoes into quarters and place in a large salad bowl.
Finely chop the onion, garlic and coriander and add them to the salad bowl with the chickpeas, lentils and lemon zest. Use salad spoons to toss everything together.
To make the dressing, combine the lemon juice, cumin, olive oil, mustard and salt in a small container with a lid. Pop the lid on the container and thoroughly shake to ensure all the dressing ingredients are properly combined.