Lentil Salad with Spiced Pumpkin is a very delicious and healthy salad. It is quick and easy to make. Contains lots of proteins Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

This Lentil Salad with spiced pumpkin is packed with proteins. Pumpkin is lightly spiced & is perfect for the cold weather. Balsamic & Honey Vinaigrette

Pumpkin is the vegetable of the season and it makes sense to make it a star ingredient in a salad

The lentil salad works so well in the fall, but, it works year round.

French lentils make such great salad recipes that I can’t resist adding them.

Since they cook quickly, I make a whole batch of them simultaneously and freeze them in individual Ziploc bags. Then, I thaw each bag as needed.

Roasted pumpkins added to any salad makes it delicious. If you spice them up, however, they make for a very unique dish.

Frankly, I cannot wait for the cold weather to start. Spiced pumpkins are good for warming your soul. Imagine coming in from the bristling cold with a plate of this Lentil salad with spiced pumpkins

To top this salad, I went with a light balsamic dressing with honey. I found that the slight tang of balsamic is the perfect offset to the spiced pumpkins. Balsamic vinaigrette also goes great with Lentils.

I could have tried it with my Orange Dressing with Star Anise would also go great with salad.

Baby spinach, on the other hand, is perfect for this salad. It is packed with vitamins, so, you will get nourishment.

The controversial part of this salad would be the cheese. I went with Romano cheese, but, the lentil salad would be great without any cheese.

If you are a vegan, just ignore cheese in this salad. This salad tasted delicious even without the cheese.

You could add pine nuts to top this salad. Even walnuts would be great crunch to the recipe. Personally, I prefer to keep this lentil salad completely nut-free.

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How to make Lentil Salad with Spiced Pumpkin