GREEN LENTIL SALAD

A salad which will support many of your five-a-days and also a whole meal itself. Highly suitable for vegetarians and for vegans as well.

Ingredients:

• 250 g green lentil
• 2-3 small tomatoes
• 3 spring onions
• 15 g parsley
• fresh mint
• Half cucumber 
• A pointy green pepper 
• Olive oil, salt
• Half lemon juice

(In the picture above, there is no pepper or cucumber in the salad because I couldn't find them in the store!)

Preparation:

• Wash the lentils throughly.
• Boil in a liter of water until lentils soften. (There are several clues to know if they are ready: first water darkens and almost blacken; second lentils lose their colors and become actually green. And lastly if you take one or two lentils with a spoon and if you can smash it with your finger, it means they're cooked.)
• Chop all the other vegetables roughly.
• Drain the lentils (I pass them under tap water at this stage too).
• Mix all in a deep bowl, drizzle with olive oil, salt and with a juice of a half lemon.
• Serve and enjoy!