Healthy Spring Lentil Salad with Tahini Yoghurt Dressing
This healthy spring lentil salad is fresh, high in protein, and packed with seasonal vegetables. Made with sprouted green lentils, crunchy snow peas, green beans, radish, and fresh herbs, it’s tossed over a creamy tahini yoghurt dressing and topped with salad seeds for extra crunch. Perfect as a light lunch, easy side dish, or a nourishing vegetarian dinner, this vibrant salad is full of flavour, texture, and plant-based goodness.
PREPARATION: 15 MIN | COOKING: 20 MIN | READY IN: 35 MIN
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 2 cups sprouted green lentil (cooked) about 1.5 cup dry
- 3 cups spring vegetables –your choice of snow pea, green beans, asparagus, radish
- 3 tbsp red onion – finely chopped
- ¼ cup chopped mint leaves
- 1 cup purple & green radish microgreens
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Tahini Yoghurt Sauce
- ¾ cup Greek yoghurt
- ¼ cup Tahini paste
- 1 tsp extra virgin oïl
- The juice of half a lemon
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ tsp sumac (optional)
- ½ tsp sea salt
Garnish
- 2 tbsp Salad Seeds
Method
- Make the dressing first – In a small bowl, whisk together the tahini, yogurt, and other dressing ingredients until smooth and creamy. Spread the dressing evenly onto a large serving plate.
- Prepare the lentils – For a softer texture, cook the sprouted lentils in salted water until tender but not mushy. Drain, rinse under cold water, and allow to dry. For extra crunch, you can use the sprouted lentils raw.
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Blanch the vegetables – Drop the snow peas and green beans into boiling water for 2–3 minutes until just tender. Drain and chill immediately in cold water to keep them crisp.
- Prep the fresh ingredients – Finely slice the radishes and onion, and mince the garlic.
- Assemble the salad – In a large bowl, combine the lentils, blanched vegetables, radishes, onion, garlic, mint, and microgreens. Season with salt and pepper, then toss gently to mix.
- Serve – Spoon the spring vegetable mix over the prepared plate of tahini yogurt dressing. Sprinkle with salad seeds for crunch and a nutritional boost.