French lentil salad

Name: French lentil salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves: 4 as a main course side dish
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar; 4 handfuls small salad leaves; 4 medium tomatoes, chopped into mouth-sized pieces (see tips); 2 teaspoons capers; ½ red onion, sliced wafer thin; 400 g tinned cooked lentils, drained and rinsed

Preparation info

Serves:
4
as a main course side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

This was on the set menu where I had a quick lunch after a meeting in Lyon. It was followed by my best shoe bargain ever and so sticks in my mind as the perfect salad!

Ingredients

400 g tinned cooked lentils, drained and rinsed
½ red onion, sliced wafer thin
2

Europe
France
Side dish
Gluten-free
Mediterranean
Vegan

Method

Mix all the ingredients, apart from the salad leaves and season to taste. This can be made up to 2 days ahead and stored in the fridge.
Combine with the salad leaves in a large serving bowl just before you are ready to eat.