Legume Challenge Month: Lentil Salad
Monday, March 09, 2009
Farmicia in Old City has a delicious lentil salad that I’ve been meaning to finesse at home for oh, about 5 years. Not that it’s hard to do, but I kept forgetting to buy French lentils, the kind that hold together a bit better than those for soup or dal. Then one day at Reading Terminal, I spied some at Kauffman’s Lancaster Market. Look how pretty they are just after washing—looks like a heap of quarried stone!
These together with garlic and parsley from Highland Orchards, thyme from last summer’s garden, mache and Shellbark Farms Sharp Chevre from the Fair Food Farmstand, minced celery (apologies, not local), and dijon vinaigrette made for a terrific dinner tonight.
Posted by Allison on 03/09 at 07:13 PM
Agreed - that is the best thing on the menu at Farmicia!
O wow, you’ve made lentils looks delicious. I’ve never had this salad at Farmacia, which may be reason enough for a trip back there soon. And I’m saying that despite my true aversion to beans and lentils and other things my mom never cooked and always said was bleh.
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A pile of sea-washed stones is just what I thought of too when I saw that picture. And you know, I have some mache waiting for me in the fridge from the farmer’s market this weekend that I’ve been mulling over how to use… and your pic put me over the edge for dinner tonight - I’ll try to copy how good yours looks