Gluten-free Friday: Warm lentil salad with grilled portabella mushrooms

There's no better feeling than when you need to get dinner rolling, and you have a quick, delicious and healthy recipe on hand! This recipe for warm lentil salad with grilled portabella fits the bill!

Spice up your salad with gluten-free soup!

Kettle Cuisine is an independent, artisan soup maker that uses all-natural ingredients in its products. This dish incorporates Kettle Cuisine Roasted Vegetable Soup into the mix for great flavor, nutrition, and best of all, simplicity. Kettle Cuisine offers all natural and all gluten-free soups, chilies and chowders in single-serve portions that you can find in the freezer section of many grocery stores.

This salad recipe was created by Kettle Cuisine's Chef Joseph Ascoli and is hearty and tasty for a great gluten-free option.

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Warm lentil salad with grilled portabella mushrooms recipe

Serves 2

Portabella mushrooms are a great meat substitute because of their hearty texture. The portabella mushrooms served alongside a warm salad makes this a perfect, quick-fix for a great gluten-free dinner.

Ingredients:

• 1 (10 ounce) bowl Kettle Cuisine Roasted Vegetable Soup (thawed overnight in the refrigerator)
• 10 ounces lentils, cooked and drained
• 2 ounces red bell pepper, finely diced
• 4 ounces firm tofu, diced
• 4 portabella mushroom caps
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 4 tablespoons tzatziki sauce or another favorite dip (as garnish)
• Salt and black pepper, to taste
• Optional garnish instead of tzatziki: drizzles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar

Directions:

1. Heat a panini grill or a regular grill. Rub the portabella caps with the extra virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
2. Grill the caps on both sides until the flesh softens and takes on a charred or grill-marked appearance.
3. Warm the soup until heated through; then mix in the cooked lentils.
4. Add the red bell pepper and tofu, mixing gently. Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
5. Slice each grilled portabella cap into four sections and arrange on plates. Place about 1/2 cup of the warm lentil salad on each plate.
6. Garnish each plate with one tablespoon of tzatziki or drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

When dinnertime rolls around and you're looking for something to put together quickly, this salad recipe and Kettle Cuisine soups make prep easier!

More gluten-free recipes to try

Festive fruit and nut rice
Gluten-free sandwich bread
Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins
Gluten-free barbecue sauce