How to Make Perfect Spinach, Bacon, Mushroom and Lentil salad

Spinach, Bacon, Mushroom and Lentil salad. Place into a large mixing bowl and set aside. Place the eggs into an electric kettle and cover with cold water by at least. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate; crumble once cool enough to handle.

Season with a couple of pinches of salt, toss to combine, taste and add more until the flavors really start to come alive. I love the crunchy bits of bacon on top of the creamy lentils and chewy mushrooms. The onions and garlic give it a tasty boost as well, and the parsley adds brightness and a little color. You can cook Spinach, Bacon, Mushroom and Lentil salad using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Spinach, Bacon, Mushroom and Lentil salad

1. You need of Salad.
2. Prepare 1 cup of spinach.
3. You need 1 cup of brown mushrooms.
4. It's 1/2 cup of smoked bacon lardons (optional if non-vegetarian).
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of yellow lentils (pre-cooked).
6. It's handful of Whole walnuts.
7. Prepare to taste of Goats cheese/sheep's cheese.
8. You need of dressing.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of tahini.
10. You need 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
11. It's to taste of salt.
12. It's to taste of black pepper.
13. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.

Paired with a salad and cornbread sticks , this was the perfect meal for a cold winter night, after a hard day at work. Add the pouch of Merchant Gourmet Simply Cooked Puy Lentils and heat as per the directions on the back of pack. Stir in the spinach, SunBlush tomatoes, flat leaf parsley, extra virgin olive oil, sherry vinegar and seasoning. A salad that is warm, comforting and nourishing.

Spinach, Bacon, Mushroom and Lentil salad instructions

1. Slice mushrooms and shallow fry for 3-5 mins or until soft.
2. Add bacon if non-vegetarian and shallow fry until cooked. Turn off gas!.
3. Wash your spinach and set aside.
4. Prepare the dressing by combining the lemon juice, tahini, olive oil and seasoning in a separate dish.
5. Stir the dressing through the spinach in your serving bowl.
6. Add your cold, pre-prepared lentils, and your bacon and mushroom topping.
7. Chop your goats cheese into fine cubes and add this.
8. Scatter your salad with a small handful of walnuts to garnish.

A salad that's filled with flavors of roasted vegetables, earthy lentils and toasted nuts. A salad that is dressed in a simple, yet totally amazing, maple-miso dressing. This might just be the salad of my dreams. It is the salad of my dreams. While bacon is frying, mix greens with onion in a large serving bowl.

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