Waldorf Lentil Salad Recipe

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Here's a delicious way to get fiber-rich lentils into your diet. "This salad includes something I discovered years ago: a touch of ground cloves," notes Lillian Julow of Gainesville, Florida. "It does amazing things for lentils!"

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Waldorf Lentil Salad Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling

Yield: 2 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

1/2 cup dried lentils, rinsed
1-1/2 cups water
1/4 cup Hellmann's® Real Mayonnaise

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4-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
Dash ground cloves
Dash pepper
1 medium apple, chopped
1/4 cup sliced celery
2 Bibb lettuce leaves
1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring lentils and water to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until lentils are tender. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, lemon juice, sugar, salt, allspice, cloves and pepper until blended. Stir in apple and celery.
Drain and rinse lentils in cold water. Gently stir into apple mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve on lettuce leaves; sprinkle with walnuts. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup (prepared with reduced-fat mayonnaise) equals 409 calories, 19 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 403 mg sodium, 45 g carbohydrate, 18 g fiber, 17 g protein.

Originally published as Waldorf Lentil Salad in Cooking for 2 Spring 2009, p35