A fresh, light and Lentil Halloumi Salad that is fantastic for a crowd, to serve for a family or to enjoy as a weeknight side dish. This recipe includes canned lentils for protein, warm pan-fried halloumi and fresh orange. This is a protein-rich, jam-packed salad that will leave you feeling fuller for longer.
Recipe Overview: Halloumi Salad with Lentils
- ✅ Recipe Name: Lentil and Halloumi Salad
- 🕐 Ready In: 20 minutes
- 🧑🧑🧒 Serves: 4 people
- 💕 Perfect For: Meal prep, easy weeknight meal.
- 🥣 Main Ingredients: Can lentils, halloumi, and tahini dressing.
- 📖 Flavor Profile: Hearty, sweet, nutty and fresh.
- 😊 Difficulty: Easy!
- 💡 Quick Tip: Serve with felafel's for a full vegetarian meal.
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We love hearty, healthy and fresh salads over here! Nothing beats a salad that feels like a full meal, but is actually quite light and fresh. Exhibit A, my Hot Smoked Salmon Salad is the most delicious meal as is my Cold Soba Noodle Salad.
I love salads that are jam-packed full of flavour - no boring salads over here! Whether it is a Pasta Salad or a Potato Salad, salads can bring so much variety and flavour to your dinners if they are made right!
Lentils make a great addition to a meal if you're looking for a protein boost. For other vegetarian options, try my Spicy Lentil Soup or Red Lentil Dal!
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Why We Love this Recipe
- Protein Packed - approximately 40g of protein per serve, this salad is packed with protein from tender lentils and golden, crispy halloumi cheese.
- Easy to Make - minimal cooking and preparation. I use canned lentils to make it even easier to make.
- Versatile - great for a quick, healthy lunch, light dinner or a side dish for entertaining.
- Quick to Make - on the table in about 20 minutes. Add some store bought falafel to make it a full meal!
🥗 Pair it with some homemade Zucchini Corn Fritters for a full vegetarian meal! 🥗
What Readers are Saying
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Lovely, filling salad with lots of exciting flavours and textures. Thanks for this great recipe! - Jane
Key Ingredients
Mix Lettuce - I prefer to use a mix of spinach and rocket/arugula. But you can use any green leafy salad mix. I would avoid using lettuce like cos lettuce or ice berg.
Tin Lentils - I take a shortcut and use tin lentils for this recipe. You'll need one can of brown lentils. Strain and rinse your lentils before serving. I use lentils a lot in my recipe (hello lentil dal!). They make a great addition to any dish!
Halloumi Salad Step by Step Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients for the tahini together in a small bowl.
- Cook the halloumi in a small pan over low to medium heat for about 3-4 minutes on each side until browned.
- Assemble the salad in layers - greens, lentils, carrot, onion, cucumber, orange then halloumi.
- Drizzle with the tahini dressing then serve.
Expert Tip 👩🍳
Be gentle and deliberate when placing your salad ingredients so that the salad looks visually pleasing! The grilled halloumi looks so beautiful against the orange segments, greens and red onion.
Halloumi Salad FAQs
Halloumi is really quick to cook. Heat a small pan over medium heat, then place your sliced halloumi in the pan to cook. It will take 2-3 minutes on each side, then flip. If it becomes too hot, reduce the heat.
My favourite way to make this a full meal is to nestle cooked falafel into the salad. I just use store-bought because it's quick and easy!
Make the tahini dressing first, then place that in a container in the fridge. Then chop the vegetables, and rinse the lentils. Place each ingredient in containers. The halloumi can be eaten cold, so you can also cook that ahead of time.
Other Suggested Lentil Recipes
If you tried this Halloumi Salad or any other recipe on my blog, please leave a 🌟 star rating and a 📝 comment below to let me know how it went. I love hearing from you!
📖 Recipe
Lentil Halloumi Salad
Equipment
- Small Fry Pan
- Large chopping board
- Salad Bowl
- Sharp knife
- Platter for Serving
Ingredients
- 3 cups spinach packed loosely
- 1 large orange peeled and segmented
- 1 lebanese cucumber diced
- 1 medium carrot peeled into ribbons
- 14.5 oz can of brown lentils drained
- ½ red onion finely sliced
- 8 oz halloumi one packet
Tahini Yogurt Dressing
- ¼ cup greek style yogurt
- 1 tablespoon tahini
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice about half a lemon
- 1 tablespoon water
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Cook the Halloumi - heat a small fry pan over medium heat and add the slices of halloumi. Cook 3-4 minutes until golden brown, then flip and repeat on the other side.
- Make the Tahini Dressing - place the ingredients in a small jug and whisk to combine. If the dressing is too thick, add a little more water. Adjust lemon, salt and pepper to taste.
- Assemble Salad - layer the salad ingredients onto a serving plate or shallow bowl. Add the greens first, then sprinkle over the lentils. Arrange the carrot ribbons, onions and cucumber evenly, spreading them over the lentils. Nestle in the orange slices. Top with the cooked halloumi.
- Add the Dressing - add the dressing, then toss to combine. Alternatively, wait until you are ready to serve so that it looks pretty!
Claudia Lamascolo says
What a pretty salad and healthy as a bonus such a lovely recipe!
Jac says
Was looking for an interesting salad that included orange as I have always wanted to try it. Love that this recipe includes lentils. Trying it out for lunch today 🙂
Tavo says
what a delicious mix! Lentil and Haloumi! A match made in heaven!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
That looks so colourful and delicious! I could eat it for breakfast right now
Beth says
I can't wait to try this salad. I love all the ingredients and I think I have everything including the tahini.
Georgie says
its delicious the tahini yogurt is the best part!
Jane Saunders says
Lovely, filling salad with lots of exciting flavour and texture. Thanks for this great recipe.
Georgie says
thanks Jane, the flavours complement each other so well!
David says
I just had a delicious hearty salad as part of a takeout meal the other day, made me think I need to put more focus on my salads at home. Your recipe thus comes at a perfect time! Great ideas for making a substantial and healthy salad with ingredients on hand.
Georgie says
thanks David, it's so good a must try!
Kushigalu says
Colorful, healthy and delicious salad. Would be a perfect side dish.
Georgie says
thank you it really is a gorgeous recipe!
Sadia Malik says
Such a colorful salad, haloumi is my favorite cheese looks delicious
Georgie says
thanks Sadia, it's so good! one of my favourites 🙂
Anjali says
Now this is my kind of salad!! It was super hearty and flavorful, and I loved all of the colorful veggies in it too! The tahini dressing was rich and creamy - and brought all of the ingredients together!
Georgie says
thanks Anjali, it's so so good isn't it! the tahini dressing just brings it all together nicely 🙂
Jessica Kirk says
Great salad to change up my tried and trues that I go through during the summer months. This sounds delicious. Thanks for the recipe:
Georgie says
thanks Jessica, its my new favourite salad!