Lentil Hummus Salad

Vegan / vegetarian / healthy / cheap / easy to pack for lecture

Ingredients

• For the salad:
• – 1 can of lentils
• – 1 tomato
• – 1 cucumber
• – 1/2 avocado mashed with lime and/or hummus
• optional ingredients:
• – a handful of pumpkin seeds or walnuts
• – cayenne pepper, curry powder, turmeric and/or smoked paprika (optional)
• – sea salt (optional)
• – spinach/ baby spinach

Instructions

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1. Drain lentils from the can, rinse them.

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2. Put as much lentils as you’d like, i usually use about half a can.

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3. Chop up cucumbers and tomatoes and add them to the lentils

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4. Add one or two heaping scoops of hummus. Or add the 1/2 avocado mashed with lime (aka lazy guac). I tend to add both for it to be extra filling.

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5. Add extra ingredients such as pumpkin seeds or walnuts and spices. Sometimes i add corn chips on top if i want something a little bit crunchier!

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i tend to make my own hummus because it is cheap and easy, but you need access to a food processor.

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i will be adding that to this page.