Refreshing Lentil Salad

Ingredients (16)

• + 4 cups water add to pantry
• ✓ salt
• + 1 ¼ cups dry lentils add to pantry
• + 2 large cloves garlic, minced add to pantry
• + 2 large roma (plum) tomatoes, seeded and chopped add to pantry
• + ½ cup chopped red onion add to pantry
• + ½ cup chopped green bell pepper add to pantry
• + 1 small green chile pepper, seeded and chopped add to pantry
• ✓ 1 lemon, juiced
• + 1 teaspoon lemon zest add to pantry
• + 1 small carrot, shredded add to pantry
• + ½ cup oil-cured black olives add to pantry
• + ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro add to pantry
• + salt and ground black pepper to taste add to pantry
• + ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil add to pantry
• ✓ 2 hard-cooked eggs, cut in half lengthwise