Warm Lentil Salad with Spiced Roast Carrots and Feta

Warm Lentil Salad Recipe

Makes: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Method: oven hob
Heat scale: 🌶️

This is a delicious warm lentil salad, with gently spiced roasted carrots and sprinkled with tangy feta cheese. Hearty enough for a meal on it's own or a great option as a work lunch.  We have used the Goan Spice Blend but you could use any of our savoury blends.

Ingredients for Lentil Salad

2 tbsp olive oil
1 - 2 tsps Goan Spice Pot
500g carrots, cut into batons
1 tbsp clear honey (or use algave nectar as a vegan alternative)
250g cooked lentils, puy or brown (we love Merchant Gourmet)
1 red onion, finely sliced
2 tbsps lemon juice
Handful of mint leaves (or others), roughly chopped
100g feta cheese

Method

1. Heat the oven to 200C / 180C fan.  In a shallow roasting tin, mix together 1 tbsp of the oil and spices, the carrots and some seasoning.  Roast for 25 minutes. Drizzle over the honey (or other), stir and roast for another 5 minutes.
2. Whilst the carrots are roasting, heat the remaining oil in a frying pan, and cook the onions until translucent.  Mix in the lentils and lemon juice and some salt and pepper.
3. Toss the dressed lentils with the mint.  Lay the warm spiced carrots on top and scatter with feta.

This is a great side dish for our Spiced Roast Lamb Recipe and you might also like to try our Tomato and Lentil Salad too!

For more light meal or work lunch suggestions, read on here.