French Lentil together with Roasted Sweet Corn Summer Salad

Lentil salads incorporate all the ingredients for neat summertime dining — quick, fuss-free, fresh, light, colorful, nourishing, tasty in addition to slow to carry to the sunny outdoors. The recipe for making an inviting summertime lentil salad is merely assembling contrasting but complementary colors, textures in addition to flavors inward your salad bowl. This is an peculiarly appealing attempt when fresh local arrive at hits the markets, equally it has lately hither inward southwestern Ontario alongside the arrival of stunning local tomatoes, brilliant xanthous sugariness corn in addition to vibrant fresh dark-green onions amidst other beautiful vegetables in addition to fruits.

I've made the best of these fresh ingredients past times combining them alongside tender, earthy in addition to peppery French lentils, sugariness fresh garden herbs in addition to salty Greek Kalamata olives in addition to Feta cheese, in addition to tossing them altogether alongside a refreshing, vibrant in addition to zesty lime in addition to cayenne dressing. Absolutely delicious in addition to gone inward no fourth dimension at all, this is my favorite summertime lentil salad until the side past times side salad inspiration comes along!

Speaking of seasonal delights, this is my contribution to this month's No Croutons Required challenge, hosted this calendar month past times my special friend, Jac. Details are here. Let's larn cooking alongside those treasured seasonal ingredients.

French Lentil in addition to Roasted Sweet Corn Summer Salad

Recipe past times Lisa Turner Published on August 8, 2013 A fresh in addition to colorful summertime salad alongside earthy, peppery French lentils tossed alongside tangy tomatoes, sugariness corn, fresh herbs, olives in addition to Feta cheese inward a zesty lime in addition to cayenne dressing Print this recipe Salad: 2/3 loving cup Puy or French lentils (1 1/2 cups cooked) 1 bay leaf 2 ears fresh sugariness corn 2 medium delineate of piece of employment solid reddish tomatoes, chopped 2 dark-green onions, dark-green in addition to white parts, sliced 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped 2 tablespoons fresh basil, torn or chopped 1/4 loving cup Kalamata olives, pitted in addition to chopped 1/4 loving cup Feta cheese, crumbled Dressing: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon reddish vino vinegar juice of 1 lime (2 tablespoons) 1 teaspoon bounding main salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne fresh basis dark pepper Instructions: Rinse the lentils nether mutual depression temperature running H2O in addition to soak for ii hours covered inward several inches of mutual depression temperature water. Drain in addition to rinse, thus transfer to a modest saucepan in addition to encompass alongside several inches of fresh water. Add the bay leafage in addition to select to a boil. Reduce estrus to low, cover, in addition to simmer for xv to xx minutes or until the lentils are tender. Drain in addition to discard the bay leaf. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, roast the ears of corn inward their husks inward a 400° oven for xxx minutes or until tender. Alternately, grill the corn inward the husks on a barbecue for most xv minutes, turning frequently. Set aside to cool, thus peel the kernels from the ears. Place the lentils, corn, tomatoes, dark-green onions, parsley in addition to basil inward a large mixing bowl. Whisk together the dressing ingredients in addition to toss most one-half of the dressing alongside the salad. Scatter the olives in addition to Feta over top in addition to lightly toss alongside the remaining dressing. Serve at room temperature. If preparing ahead of time, reserve the parsley in addition to basil in addition to mix inward exactly earlier serving. Makes 4 servings

More summertime salads you lot volition enjoy:
Summer Chickpea Salad
Black Bean Mango Salad
Indian-Style Tomato Salad
Mexican-Style Potato Salad With Avocado in addition to Jalapeño

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