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Easy Vegan Garden Salad with Lentils, Mushrooms, and Peppers

This easy vegan Garden salad with lentils and mushrooms is a clean eating bowl of deliciousness. Loaded with succulent grilled mushrooms, soft buttery onions, herbs, and spicy grilled peppers. It’s a super tasty, super quick warm salad that can be served as a main or side dish. There’s salad and then there’s this Luxe Easy Vegan Garden salad with Lentils, Mushrooms, and Peppers recipe. When I say this easy rainbow lentil salad is everything I really mean EVERYTHING. It’s quite possibly one of the best warm salads ever. Made with humble ingredients, this luxe salad can be served hot or cold and works both as a main and side dish. There’s nothing it can’t do.
This easy vegan Garden salad with lentils and mushrooms is a clean eating bowl of deliciousness. Loaded with succulent grilled mushrooms, soft buttery onions, herbs, and spicy grilled peppers. It’s a super tasty, super quick warm salad that can be served as a main or side dish.
There’s salad and then there’s this Luxe Easy Vegan Garden salad with Lentils, Mushrooms, and Peppers recipe. When I say this easy rainbow lentil salad is everything I really mean EVERYTHING. It’s quite possibly one of the best warm salads ever. Made with humble ingredients, this luxe salad can be served hot or cold and works both as a main and side dish. There’s nothing it can’t do.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Serving Size 4 - 6 people

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 15oz can Lentil Rinsed and drained
  • 20 oz Portabella Mushrooms Chopped
  • 2 Bell Peppers Diced
  • 2 Red Onions Sliced
  • 3 cloves Garlic Finely chopped or minced
  • Juice from ½ Lemon or 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Smoked Paprika
  • 2 tsp Dried Thyme
  • ½ tsp Sea salt or Kosher Salt More to taste
  • ½ tsp Ground Black Pepper More to taste
  • 2-4 tbsp Sweet Chili Sauce
  • 1 big handful Fresh Basil Leaves Chopped

Instructions

  • Heat olive oil in a grill pan and add the diced onions and chopped mushrooms. Season with salt, pepper, and smoked paprika and cook for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally. 
  • Next, add the garlic, peppers, lentils, and all the rest of the seasoning and mix everything. Let it cook for a few more minutes to just soften the peppers. 
  • Once the vegetables are cooked to your satisfaction, garnish with fresh basil and serve.
    Enjoy.

Notes

Store for up to 5 days in a sealed container in the refrigerator. 
Can be served hot and cold.