Eat In. Lentil salad.

A refreshing, healthy salad that is very easy to make early in the week and stores well is the lentil salad. Before my aunt made this for me, I didn't know you could use lentils in anything other than lentil soup, but this salad is very easy and quite tasty.

What you'll need:

--Steamed, packaged dark lentils, available at Trader Joe's

--One Granny Smith apple, finely cubed

--red onion, also finely cubed

--red bell pepper, diced

--dried cranberries, optional

--balsamic dressing

Just combine all these ingredients together in a large bowl, adding dressing and salt to taste. As the week progresses, the lentils will absorb more of the dressing and become a bit tastier. It may be better to let this sit a while before eating, actually. Super easy and healthy.

Bon appetit!

-- Lauren Williams

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