Salad Sunday With all the time I had spent in the kitchen yesterday, you would have thought dinner would have been something I had already made. Nope, decided to make two more things: barley and lentils. I keep thinking about the garden lentil salad I had a few times while in Chicago from Argo Tea . It really was incredible. I sort of just made my own version. While it didn't taste anything like the one I had previously, it was really good in its own right. Warm Lentil and Barley Salad Ingredients: 1 cup dried lentils 4 cups water 1/2 cup barley 1 1/2 cups water 1 small sweet potato, small cubed 1/4 cup minced red onion 3 carrots, finely diced 1/4 red bell pepper, finely diced 1/4 green bell pepper, finely diced Red wine vinegar (to taste) To taste: salt, pepper, thyme, parsley, garlic powder, paprika Directions: In large pot, cook lentils in water until tender. At the same time, in another pot, cook barley per package directions (may need a little more water). ...
Finding my happy place in the day-to-day.