Spiced Pumpkin, Lentil, and Goat Cheese Salad

Name: Spiced Pumpkin, Lentil, and Goat Cheese Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 946 milliliters baby arugula; 1 liters 1-inch pieces peeled seeded sugar pumpkin or butternut squash (from about one 2-pound whole pumpkin); 177 milliliters French green lentils; 237 milliliters soft goat cheese, crumbled; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 59 milliliters thinly sliced mint leaves; 3 Tbsps olive oil, divided; 1 teaspoon hot smoked Spanish paprika; 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoons sea salt

Spiced Pumpkin, Lentil, and Goat Cheese Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 311 calories, 15g of protein, and 16g of fat per serving. If you have mint leaves, butternut squash, ground cumin, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the ground cumin you could follow this main course with the Moroccan Chocolate Mousse as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place lentils in small bowl. Cover with coldwater and soak 10 minutes; drain.

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Lentils

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Bowl

Cook lentils in boiling salted water untiltender but firm, about 30 minutes.

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Lentils

Water

Drainlentils. Rinse under cold water, then drain.

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Water

Preheat oven to 375°F.

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Place pumpkinin large bowl; toss with 2 tablespoonsoil, cumin, paprika, and sea salt. Arrangepumpkin in single layer on baking sheet;roast 20 minutes. Turn pumpkin over. Roastuntil tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool.

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Sea Salt

Paprika

Pumpkin

Cumin

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Combine lentils, pumpkin, and oil frombaking sheet with arugula, half of goatcheese, mint, vinegar, and 1 tablespoon oil.Season with salt and pepper. Divide amongplates; sprinkle remaining goat cheese over.

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Salt And Pepper