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| Warm lentil salad with sun dried tomato |
We’re in that in between period aren’t we?
We've had a taste of proper spring with blue skies
and sunshine but it has been short lived. Summer feels a long way off as I get
drenched cycling home in yet another down pour. I even end up picking rhubarb
in the rain as it just doesn’t seem to show any signs of stopping.
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| Rhubarb in the rain |
I don’t want winter warmers but I’m really not ready
for just a cold salad yet.
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| Spring flowers in the rain |
This warm lentil salad is a real in between recipe
and can be adapted to suit Vegetarians and meat eaters alike.
We have had it with mozzarella and rocket, so that
the cheese melted slightly and oozed over the lentils but we've also had it
with spit roasted chicken..sorry to offend any staunch veggies by mentioning
chicken- look away now!!
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| Warm lentil salad with chicken and creamy lemon sauce |
If you are in search of other salads do check out La
Tartine Gourmand- a blog I love
Bea is a French food writer and photograph who I
admire greatly and has just posted a delicious quinoa, asparagus and broad bean
salad recipe.
So here is the warm lentil salad recipe, it’s easy
delicious and worth trying for a change.
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| Sun dried tomatoes |
WARM LENTIL SALAD
Serves
4
Preparation
time 5 minutes
Cooking
time 20-25
INGREDIENTS:
1 large red onion
30 g sun dried tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
Good glug of olive oil
500ml of good vegetable stock- or chicken stock if
you can!
250g Puy lentils
WHAT TO DO:
1. Slice
the onion finely, chop the garlic and fry gently in a pan in a glug of olive oil, until the onion is soft.
2. Add
the chopped, or snipped sun dried tomatoes. I find snipping them up with
scissors much easier and quicker.
3. Tip the lentils into the mixture and coat with
the garlic onion oil let them absorb the flavour for a minute or two, but keep stirring them so they don't stick.
4. Add
the stock and cover for about 15 minutes. Check them to make sure they aren’t
drying out. If they seem to just add a little more stock, until they have
absorbed all the liquid and are nice and soft. This takes about 20-25 minutes
It is great served with a young green leaf salad and mozzarella.
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| Warm lentil salad |
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| Sun dried tomato |
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