Lentil Salad with Creamy Tahini Dressing

Recipe

Salad Ingredients: 

• 1 cucumber
• ½ onion
• 2 cups of tomatoes
• ½ bunch of fresh parsley
• 1.5 cup of cooked lentils

Creamy Tahini Dressing Ingredients: 

• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• ¼ cup Tahini
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• Lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons honey
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons ice-cold water (add more as needed, the ice is what makes the dressing creamy)

Salad Instructions: 

• Chop and mix cucumber, onion, tomato, parsley with cooked lentils

Dressing instructions:

• Mix olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, lemon zest, mustard, honey, pepper and salt.
• Add the ICE COLD water (this icy temperature will make it the dressing creamy!), and mix it up again. 
• Add more lemon juice or zest and pepper if needed
• If the dressing is too thick to drizzle or becomes too think after refrigerating, whisk in more icy water ~ 1 tablespoon at a time.
• Experiment with add-ins such as red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, lime zest, garbanzo beans, snap peas, etc..!