Five Ingredient Caprese Lentil Salad
This caprese lentil salad captures all the flavors of traditional caprese salad, but bulks it up with lentils so that it's filling enough for lunch or a light dinner.
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked lentils
- 8 oz marinated mini mozzarella balls
- 10 oz cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup fresh basil
- 1 lemon, juiced and zested
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Make the dressing. Finely chop 1/2 cup of basil leaves. Combine with olive oil and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Roughly chop the other 1/2 cup of basil.
- In a large bowl, combine lentils, marinated mozzarella, tomatoes, lemon zest, roughly chopped basil and dressing. Taste and season with salt, pepper, or more olive oil as needed. You can serve the salad immediately, or let it sit overnight to really let the flavors come together.