Lentil Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing

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This salad is quick, easy, and great for meal prepping. I highly recommend adding sriracha for extra spice if you're a fan of heat. This recipe is very adaptable and represents a solid base to get creative with and mix and match veggies and spices you may choose to add.

Hope you enjoy!

Lentil Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing

Lauren Bossi

This salad is quick, easy and great for meal prepping. I highly recommend adding sriracha for extra spice if you’re a fan of heat.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Dinner, Salad

Cuisine American

Servings 2 servings

Calories 399 kcal

METHOD Stovetop

DIET Vegan

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 cup of cooked chickpeas
• ▢ ½ cup of uncooked lentils
• ▢ 2-3 cups of spinach
• ▢ 1 ½ Tablespoons of tahini
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon of olive oil
• ▢ ¼ cup of diced yellow onion
• ▢ ½ teaspoon of garlic powder
• ▢ Salt and pepper to taste
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
• ▢ ½ medium red, orange or yellow pepper (diced)

Instructions

 

• Boil ½ cup lentils in a sauce pan on the stove for 15 minutes - add 1 teaspoon salt to the boiling water
• In a frying pan over medium heat, pour olive oil and diced onions and peppers and cook for 3-4 minutes until slightly browned. Add ¼ t garlic powder, salt and pepper
• Next, add chickpeas to the onions and peppers and cook for an additional 4 minutes.
• Once 4 minutes is up, add spinach and cover until spinach is wilted. (add a tablespoon of water to enhance steaming if needed)
• Once lentils are done cooking, add to the chickpea salad mix, salt and pepper again, and set aside.
• To prepare tahini drizzle: combine tahini, lemon juice, salt, pepper, ¼ t garlic powder, and add warm water until a dressing consistancy forms.
• Lastly, drizzle tahini over lentil salad and toss together. Enjoy warm or cold!

Notes

Try an avocado crema or green goddess dressing if you are out of tahini.

Nutrition

Calories: 399kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 20gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 261mgPotassium: 907mgFiber: 21gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 3785IUVitamin C: 54mgCalcium: 110mgIron: 6mg

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