Healthy barbecue recipe for 4 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has olive oil, cumin seed, carrot, clear honey, lentil, red onion, lemon, mint, lamb's lettuce and feta cheese.
Puy lentil, spiced roast carrot & feta salad
Course: Healthy barbecue
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Olive Oil: 2 tbsp olive oil
- Red Onion: 1 red onion, finely sliced
- Carrot: 500g carrots, peeled, halved and cut into batons
- Mint: large handful mint leaves, roughly chopped
- Feta Cheese: 85g feta cheese, crumbled
- Lemon: 1/2 lemon, juiced
- Lentil: 250g pouch cooked Puy lentils (or canned, drained and rinsed)
- Cumin Seed: 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- Clear Honey: 1 tbsp clear honey
- Lamb'S Lettuce: 100g lamb's lettuce
Directions
- Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. In a shallow roasting tin, toss together half the oil, the cumin, carrots and some seasoning. Roast for 25 mins, turning halfway through cooking. Drizzle over the honey, stir and roast for 5 mins more.
- Meanwhile, gently heat the lentils with the onion, lemon juice, remaining oil and some salt and pepper. Allow to cool slightly while the carrots finish cooking.
- Toss the dressed lentils with mint and lamb's lettuce. Lay warm spiced carrots on top and scatter with feta.
