Lentil Salad with Zucchini and Mint
March 10, 2015
This lentil salad with zucchini and mint is vegan and gluten-free, easy, and has fantastic fresh flavor. This is a great protein-rich lunch or dinner.

Lentil, Zucchini, Mint Salad
This lentil salad with zucchini and mint is vegan and gluten-free, really easy and has fantastic fresh flavor. This is a great protein-rich lunch or dinner.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup green lentils, rinsed
- 3 medium zucchini
- 1 cup firmly packed fresh mint leaves
- 2 medium avocados
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Juice of 4 limes, plus more to taste
- 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- Celtic sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
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Place the lentils in boiling water and allow them to boil for 10 minutes, then let them simmer for about 30 minutes until they’re soft, but not mushy. If there’s any water left in the pan, drain and then allow the lentils to cool.
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While the lentils cool, peel the zucchini into thin strips using a potato peeler. Pull the mint leaves off the stems and roughly chop them into pieces. Slice the avocado into bite-size chunks.
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Place the cooled lentils, zucchini strips, mint and avocado in a bowl and drizzle over the olive oil and lime juice. Mix well, season with salt and pepper to taste, then sprinkle in the sunflower seeds.
Recipe Notes
Excerpted from Deliciously Ella by Ella Woodward. Copyright © 2015 by Ella Woodward.
Photo by Trent Lanz; styling by Alicia Buszczak
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I love lentils! This looks like such and easy dish. I guess I could add things like pine nuts and feta if I really wanted to, to give it some more kick. Thanks for sharing I’ll have to try it for dinner tonight 🙂
Yes. This recipe is very simple. You could jazz it up with whatever you wanted. Enjoy!
I love the salad. Easy to prepare and won’t cost you a lot of money. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I’m trying to lose weight so I’m really eating lots of fruits and vegetable and meat with less fat.
Fantastic. Yes, this salad is really easy and yummy.
Great recipe!
Wondering if I could substitute the green lentils for canned chickpeas?
Cheers!
Yes! I LOVE chickpeas. That would be delicious. Enjoy. Let me know how you like it.