Healthy and Filling Salad Recipe: Middle Eastern Lentil Salad

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups green lentils (rinsed)
• 1 clove garlic
• large pinch ground cumin
• 1 slice lemon
• 1 small red onion (finely chopped)
• 1/2 cup dried apricots (roughly chopped)
• 1 small red pepper (chopped)
• 1 small yellow pepper (chopped)
• 1 small green pepper (chopped)
• 100 g broccoli (broken into small florets)
• 50 g firm rindless goat's cheese
• 2 tbsp sunflower seeds (toasted)
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro) (finely chopped)
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper