Rice Salad with Gaea Green Olive Tapenade, Lentils and Herbs

A couple of weeks ago I received these fantastic products Gaea sent me to review. So the other day I decided it was time to cook something with one of the products. I used the Gaea oil in my salads but had to see how the green olive tapenade tasted especially because hubby is such a green olives lover.

Check out how small this little jar is:

However is so full of flavour and totally ok for the whole dish – a full pan of salad.

Anyway here is the recipe and I hope you enjoy it as much as my family and I did:

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Rice Salad with Gaea Green Olive Tapenade, Lentils and Herbs

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

50 mins

Rice Salad with Greek Olive Tapenade

Author: Otilia Stocks and Gaea

Recipe type: Salads

Cuisine: Greek

Serves: 6

Ingredients

250 gr basmati rice
2 cups water
4 tbsp Gaea Extra Virgin Olive Oil
125 gr small green lentils
1 jar Gaea "Green Olive Tapenade"
Juice of one fresh lemon
Finely grated zest from 1 lemon
⅔ cup chopped fresh dill
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Combine the rice, 2 cups of water, 1 tbsp of olive oil and 2 tsp salt in a medium saucepan.
Cover and bring to the boil over medium heat.
Reduce heat to low and simmer until the rice has absorbed almost all the water.
Turn heat off, leave lid on pot and let the rice stand for 15 minutes, to absorb remaining water.
Fluff with a fork.
In the meantime, boil the lentils in ample water over medium hear for 20-25 minutes, until tender but ardent. Strain.
Combine the rice, lentils, Gaea "Green Olive Tapenade:, lemon juice,lemon zest, dill,salt, pepper and remaining olive oil in a serving bowl.
Toss gently to combine and serve.