Fresh Flavors #1 - Sommer delight

Are you fascinated by the colorful colors and delicious flavors of today's plate?
I have good news for you: It is also super healthy!
Lentils and sweet potato keep your blood sugar stable for a long time and therefore make you feel full. And rocket, pomegranate and garlic are full of valuable phytochemicals and antioxidants.
Today you eat gluten free as well. Nothing can go wrong!

What you need:

-1 piece sweet potato

-150 g cherry tomatoes

-1 piece clove of garlic

-125 g feta

-1 can lentils

-½ piece lemon

-8 g honey

-75 g arugula

Here's how you do it:

1. Cut the unshelled sweet potatoes into 1 cm wide slices and place on a baking tray covered with baking paper. ½ tablespoons Olive oil drizzle over the sweet potato slices, salt, pepper and bake 25 to 30 minutes in the oven.

2. Peel off garlic and shallot, cut the shallot into fine strips. Put the brown lentils in a colander and rinse with cold water until clear. Halve the lemon and press it into a small bowl. Add ½ tbsp of olive oil, salt and pepper to a dressing until smooth. Carefully scrape the pomegranate with a knife, cut it in half, and knock cores out over a small bowl with the help of a spoon.

3. Halve red cherry tomatoes. Cut feta into 6 slices. Distribute the cherry tomatoes and the feta slices onto another baking tray covered with baking paper and place in the oven for the last 7 - 10 minutes of the sweet potato baking time.

4. In a large pan, heat ½ tbsp oil over medium heat, add shallot strips and fry for about 4 minutes. Squeeze garlic, add brown lentils to the pan and fry for 3 - 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove the pan from the heat and stir with the lemon dressing.

5. Remove the tomatoes and sweet potato slices from the oven, use the grill function of the oven, add honey over the feta and grill for 2 minutes.

6. Add the baked tomatoes to the lentils, fold in the rocket and spread on a plate. Sprinkle sweet potato wedges and slices of feta, sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and enjoy.

Good Appetite!

Source: hellofresh.de