Lentil Salad With Smoked Sausage

Total Time: 12 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 12 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2/3 cup dried lentils, uncooked
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 lb smoked sausage, cooked and diced, about 1 1/2 cups, i use hillshire hot links
• 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 3 teaspoons cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 stalks green onions, sliced
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 the night before you want to make the salad, cover the lentils with 3 cups cold water.
• 2 drain and rinse the lentils under cold running water.
• 3 put lentils in a small saucepan.
• 4 cover with cold water.
• 5 add 1 teaspoons of salt.
• 6 bring to boil over medium heat.
• 7 lower heat and simmer until lentils are tender, about 20 minutes.
• 8 drain well.
• 9 cool in large bowl.
• 10 combine green onions, lentils, and smoked sausage.
• 11 in a separate bowl mix together mustard, vinegar and oil.
• 12 add to lentil mixture.
• 13 season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 14 toss well.
• 15 refrigerate for a least one hour.
• 16 serve at room temperature.
• 17 will keep up to 3 days in refrigerator.