{"id":3725,"date":"2016-04-01T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurencariscooks.com\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:23:47","slug":"crunchy-cucumber-lentil-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthygreenkitchen.com\/crunchy-cucumber-lentil-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunchy Cucumber and Lentil Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A crunchy, cooling cucumber and lentil salad, perfect for a hot day. The cucumber will absorb the lovely flavors of the soy sauce and vinegar, and will become soft while still remaining crunchy. It’s a medley of fresh, exciting flavors, perfect as a side salad for a stir fry!<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n

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You’re gonna love this full on flavor salad. Cucumber is such a great ingredient because it just soaks up all the flavor you add to it. In this salad we’re using some soy sauce and rice wine vinegar to create a pickle of sorts, and encourage the cucumber to let go of a little of the water it holds onto, and soak up some of the flavor from the sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is a beautifully crunchy, zingy salad, full of different textures and flavors. I think this would work amazingly as a little side salad for a stir fry! <\/p>\n\n\n

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Now Spring is officially on its way, we’re starting to see a bit more colour in the grocery stores (like, FINALLY). One of the things that caught my eye this week was these beautiful radishes!! I love radishes, they are delicately spicy and cool and crunchy, making them a perfect addition to this salad.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There are no fancy chopping skills required to make this, that’s just not how we roll around here. I used a vegetable peeler to slice up the cucumber and the radishes. These thin slices allow the cucumber as much surface area as possible to soak up all the wonderful flavours, and give you tons of paper thin slices from the radishes, perfect for scattering all over the top!<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is definitely best enjoyed fresh on the day it’s made. Let’s bring this spring in with a bang!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Crunchy Cucumber and Lentil Salad<\/h2>\n
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A crunchy, cooling cucumber and lentil salad, perfect for a hot day. The cucumber will absorb the lovely flavours of the soy sauce and vinegar, and will become soft while still remaining crunchy. It\u2019s a medley of fresh, exciting flavours, perfect as a side salad for a stir fry!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Prep Time<\/span>15 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time<\/span>25 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time<\/span>25 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Course: <\/span>Salad<\/span><\/div>
Cuisine: <\/span>American<\/span><\/div>
Diet: <\/span>Vegan, Vegetarian<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Servings: <\/span>2<\/span><\/div>\n
Calories: <\/span>127<\/span>kcal<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n