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Lentil salad with vegetables, yogurt-based dressing, and crumbled cheese

Lentil salad with raw vegetables, yogurt sauce and cheese cubes

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Cooked lentils mixed with chopped fresh vegetables, a yogurt-based sauce, fresh parsley, and your choice of cheese, served with wholemeal bread.

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Recipe from JopkeB, Erik Baas, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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A typical Dutch “main course salad” where lentils are the star ingredient. The vegetables and cheese are chosen based on the season and what is readily available.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time—
  • Total15 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostPricey
  • Cooking methodno cooking required
  • Estimated cost$15.51 $7.76 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

2 people
  • $3.70
  • $1.03
  • $0.13
  • $1.50
  • $9.15

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. If the lentils are from a can or box, rinse them in a colander under running water and let them drain. If you have cooked them yourself, simply drain them: the liquid is no longer needed. ≈ 2 min
  2. Chop the green parts of the new onion into rings and the white parts into small pieces. Chop the other vegetables into small pieces. ≈ 8 min
  3. In a large bowl, combine the lentils, vegetables, pepper, and yogurt-based sauce. ≈ 4 min
  4. Finely chop the parsley. ≈ 8 min
  5. Cut the cheese into small cubes and mix it with the salad and the parsley. ≈ 8 min
  6. Serve with the bread. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Lentil salad with raw vegetables, yogurt sauce and cheese cubes

  • 400 g of cooked lentils (from a jar or can), or 200g of dry lentils that have been soaked for 4 hours and then cooked for 20 minutes.$3.70
  • 300 to 500g of your choice of vegetables: cucumber, radish, tomato, spring onion, bell pepper, leek, celery, fennel, carrot$1.03
  • pepper$0.13
  • 100 g of your choice of cheese: feta, goat cheese, cumin cheese, herb cheese, gouda, mozzarella…$1.50
  • 4 slices of wholemeal bread or wholemeal bread with walnuts$9.15

Total$15.51

that's $7.76 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 400 g of cooked lentils (from a jar or can), or 200g of dry lentils that have been soaked for 4 hours and then cooked for 20 minutes.
  • 300 to 500g of your choice of vegetables: cucumber, radish, tomato, spring onion, bell pepper, leek, celery, fennel, carrot
  • 6 tablespoons of yogurt sauce
  • pepper
  • ½ bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 100 g of your choice of cheese: feta, goat cheese, cumin cheese, herb cheese, gouda, mozzarella…
  • 4 slices of wholemeal bread or wholemeal bread with walnuts

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