Lentil potato salad recipe

Salads are delicious at anytime of year, when summer comes along then salads are a must.

Chef Jeena prepares a potato salad recipe with Jersey potatoes, green lentils, chestnut mushrooms and watercress.

This potato salad recipe is very filling because of the use of potatoes and lentils, so it is a fantastic salad to have in the evening of a hot summers day.

Chef used a vegan soya and flax seed oil based mayonnaise, you can use whichever mayonnaise you like.

Jersey potatoes have a delicious earthy and nutty flavour which taste great along side the flavour of the green lentils.

Salads are great summer recipes to prepare and eat - potato, bean and lentil based salad are great for a filling meal that still has the light factor for those hot summer days.

Ingredients for Green lentil and potato salad recipe
Jersey new potatoes
Watercress
Plum tomatoes
Sweet red pepper
Button chestnut mushrooms
1 Small garlic clove (crushed)
Mayonnaise
Rice bran oil
Salt to taste
1 Cup small green cooked lentils
1 tsp Margarine/butter


Picture of tomato salad.

How to make a green lentil and potato salad

Cook the Jersey potatoes in salted water until soft.

On a medium heat lightly fry the mushrooms, when almost cooked add the garlic and stir well until the garlic is fully cooked.

Drain the water off the cooked lentils. Add green lentils to the pan with the mushrooms and salt to season - keeping the pan on a medium heat keep stiring the lentils for a minute or two. You want to cook away the excess water from the lentils, this should not take long.

Place watercress onto a large plate.

Top with peppers and tomatoes.

Use a spoon to sprinkle the lentils and mushrooms over the salad.

Drain the cooked potatoes and let the butter/margarine melt over the top of the potatoes. You only need a little margarine because of the mayonnaise.

Stir 2-3 spoonfuls of mayonnaise through the potatoes until the potatoes are fully coated.

Place the potatoes on top of the green lentil salad. Serve warm or cold with fresh cracked black pepper (optional). Enjoy Chefs green lentil and Jersey potato salad recipe.