Happy New Year! I hope you all survived the first days of January and the hangover is over. I am really excited about the new year, the new start, I have big plans for this year. I don’t really believe in new years resolutions, but I enjoy the concept of the new and fresh start.
In Hungary we eat something with lentils on the first day of the year. They say it brings you luck, I say it tastes amazing! I love lentil soups, stews, but now I felt to start the year with a warming salad. This salad is made with sweet potato, beetroot and apple, so you can kickstart your year with all the winter goodies.
You can use any lentil types you like, I used now canned green lentils, but red, brown or puy lentils will be great too. Whatever you have at home.
Warm Lentil Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Apples
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked lentil
- 1 small beetroot
- 1 small sweet potato
- 1 apple
- 1/2 cup of almond
- 2 tbsp hemp seed
- 50 gr rocket
- olive oil
- salt, pepper, smoked paprika
- for the dressing
- 1 lime
- 1/2 orange
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 clove of garlic
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Cut the sweet potato and beet into bite size pieces, place on a baking tray, season with salt, pepper and paprika and drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Bake for about 40 minutes.
- Cook your lentils or if you use canned ones, warm them up a bit in a sauce pan.
- For the dressing mix together a juice of a lime and a half orange, olive oil, mustard, maple syrup, a crushed garlic and some salt and pepper.
- Add the lentils, the roasted almonds, the thinly sliced apples and the roasted veggies to a big bowl, mix everything well together with the dressing. Serve it on the rockets with some seeds and nuts on top. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Salad
What a fun tradition with lentils 🙂 And a great way of eating something healthy after the holidays. Looks so delicious!
Thank you, dear Josefine <3
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This looks amazing! I love lentil and the combination with apples, orange and sweet potato is great! Pinned!
Thank you, Mira 🙂
New years, I agree, a time to refresh, reflect and regroup.. I’m not one to make resolutions.
So many flavors going on in this salad, it sounds fabulous! Roasting the beets and sweet potato makes this recipe even more mouthwatering along with your maple dressing (with the delicious garlic!). I need more lentils in my life; thank you for your inspiration, Evi! Happy new year!
Thanks, Traci!
(Little secret just for you: my portion had more than 1 clove garlic again :D)