Southwest Lentil Salad

Southwest Lentil Salad is delightfully tasty, full of texture, color, and just plain fun.

Ingredients

3 cups water
¾ cup dry lentils
1 medium sweet potato
½ cup salsa
2 tbsp. cilantro, chopped
¼ cup red onion, chopped small
1 cup iceberg lettuce, chopped 1” pieces
1 cup red bell pepper, chopped small
¾ cup black beans
½ cup corn, fresh or canned
1 red onion thinly sliced
1 tomato diced1 avocado thinly sliced
1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 tbsp. fresh squeezed lime juice
3 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp. chili powder
½ tsp. kosher salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°
Bake sweet potato for 45 minutes or until done.
Once the potato has cooled, dice into bite-size pieces.
Heat water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
Add lentils and cook until tender, approximately 20 minutes, drain.
In a large bowl, mix in lentils. sweet potato, red onion, salsa, corn, black beans, red pepper, tomato, and cilantro.
In a separate bowl whisk the olive oil, lime juice, garlic, chili powder and salt whisk until combined.
Stir dressing into salad mix, until well combined.
Arrange chopped lettuce on a plate and top with salad.
Garnish with sliced avocado and olives.
Enjoy!