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Prep
Difficulty
Easy
Time
Estimate
45 mins
As the lentils cook, prepare the other ingredients including both dressings. Layer the salad. Serve the basil dressing at the table. Toss the lentils with the balsamic dressing, strawberries, and almonds. Serve the lentils warm or cold as a salad. If you are a dairy lover, try a decadent blue cheese crumbled on top.
Slightly sweet with lots of toasty crunch from the almonds. Add bits of fresh vegetables or herbs that you have available to make this salad even bigger and more substantial. Any lentils can work for this but we used French lentils.
This rather naked retro salad is perfect for parties. Store it well-sealed without dressing in your fridge, allowing you access to tasty delicious salad for a few days. Feel free to improvise with veggies you have available such as heartier root vegetables such as carrots or beets and sturdier greens such as spinach.
Heavenly basil & lemon make a simple blended dressing. To make the color last longer and brighter, blanch the basil leaves briefly and plunge in ice water. Otherwise, keep it simple by just blending these ingredients and using immediately. Blending extra-virgin olive oil can sometimes cause the flavor to be bitter. That is why a neutral oil is recommended. If you prefer to use olive oil, blend the ingredients without it and whisk it in slowly afterwards.
