Warm lentil salad with baked ricotta (vegetarian)

Recipes / Vegetarian

This warm lentil salad with baked ricotta is a perfect lunch or dinner for vegetarians. Enjoy!

Recipe «Warm lentil salad with baked ricotta (vegetarian)» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/3 cup olive oil, 8 spring onions , halved, 1 red capsicum, roasted, sliced*, 410g can green lentils, drained, rinsed, 1 garlic clove, crushed , 2 tsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, 1/2 cup roughly chopped parsley , 2 cups baby spinach leaves, Baked ricotta*, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup olive oil 
  • 8 spring onions , halved 
  • 1 red capsicum, roasted, sliced* 
  • 410g can green lentils, drained, rinsed 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 2 tsp balsamic vinegar 
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard 
  • 1/2 cup roughly chopped parsley 
  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves 
  • Baked ricotta*, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Heat half the oil in a large frypan, add the onions and cook over medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes or until golden.
  2. Add the capsicum and cook for 1-2 minutes or until warmed through, then add the drained lentils.
  3. Combine remaining oil, garlic, vinegar and mustard, then stir into lentils with parsley. Serve warm on a bed of spinach with chunks of ricotta.