The lentil salad is inspired by a tapas salad I’ve eaten in Spain lots of times. It’s served in a bar in tapas bar in Barcelona with a really good atmosphere and tasty tapas.
I thought I’d try to recreate it here – earthy lentils, fresh veg, a lovely harissa dressing and lots of fresh herbs. Delicious.
And what better to serve it with? My favourite baked aubergine dolloped with creamy hummus. The juicy popping cherry tomatoes complete the dish.
If you’re pushed for time pre-cooked lentils work really well here as well.
I really hope you enjoy!
Much love, Niki xxx



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This was epic – our first day on a plant-based diet and if all the food is like this we’ll be able to stick to it no worries!!! Thanks for the awesome recipe and wonderful ideas, I’m coming back for the cookbook 🙂
Hi Shannon
Fantastic news! Well I hope theres some ideas here (and in my cookbook ;)) for you!
Much love, Niki xxx
Sounds great. Could you prepare the hummus and lentil salad a day before?
Yes absolutely! would work really well.
Much love, Niki xxx
This recipe changed my life! It is sublime.
Finished mine then greedily watched while my daughter enjoyed hers!
I shall be buying more aubergines from here on out.
Fantastic!
So happy to hear xxx
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This was honestly so delicious! I swapped the lentils for black turtle beans as that was all I had but the recipe worked great with them too. I’m always trying to figure out how to cook aubergine in creative ways and this was deffo a winner sp thank you!
So happy you liked it Kait!
xxx
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Absolutely loved making this recipe! Aubergines are my favourite vegetable and I’m always looking to make it different ways.
This recipe had an interesting combination – lentils salad + hummus + aubergines and is a winner!
I did make a couple of tweaks – sprinkled some zaatar & sumac on the aubergines while they were cooking. Also added the spices to the lentil salad.
And drizzled some promergranate molasses when I assembled the dish.
The result… amazing!
Definitely making it again.
So happy you liked!
Love, Niki xxx