Tord’s Vegan Salad

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red lettuce“I often eat this salad, or a variation of it, as the main meal of the day,” says Tord Dellsén, a Metta Center volunteer (meet Tord). The lentils/beans and the soy sausage not only add protein, but help make the salad filling, he notes.

Looking for a healthy, satisfying (and animal-friendly!) meal? Look no further than Tord’s famous Vegan Salad—enjoy!

Yield: 1 serving (making it for 2? Double it!)
Total prep time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • a few large leafs of iceberg or other lettuce
  • ½ cup red lentils
  • half a tomato
  • a few sun dried tomatoes
  • 1–2 artichoke hearts
  • 1 soy sausage
  • 5 walnuts
  • 1 tsp prepared green pesto

Instructions

  1. Warm the soy sausage in a frying pan.
  2. Chop everything (including the heated soy sausage) into bite-sized chunks and combine the salad ingredients.
  3. Add the pesto, mixing well.

Variations

  • The red lentils can be exchanged for green lentils, kidney beans, or borlotti beans
  • Try roasted onions instead of walnuts
  • Swap the green pesto for red pesto or any other type of dressing you like

Tord created his recipe with Gourmet Recipe Manager.