Love Lunch update xx

Posted: February 28th, 2011 | Author: annalise | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

Hey my lovelies,

I hope this finds you well and smiling.

I’ve been busy trying to sort out a kitchen so I can resume feeding you all, and drum roll….I have good news!

It looks like Love Lunch will be up and running in a few weeks time! Yay!

In the interim I thought I’d continue to share the love and give you another recipe (since so many of you enjoyed cooking my rogan josh).

My lentil salad of love… a recipe I picked up whilst traveling in Morocco, it’s one of my all time favourites, spicy, filling, full of protein and super low in fat.

I serve it in a lettuce leaf, great accompanied with a generous dollop of hummos, and zahtar dusted flat bread….delicious!

Enjoy.

Much love,
Annalise xxxx

Lentil Salad of Love
Serves 6 – 8
I like to use biodynamic or organic produce

1kg of puy lentils
3 tablespoons of cold pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil (I love Rosnay)
3 cloves of garlic peeled and finely chopped
1 large red chilli,de seeded and finely chopped
1 large green chilli,de seeded and finely chopped
1 red onion, peeled and finely diced (or 4 spring onions)
1 green capsicum finely chopped
2 bunches of finely chopped coriander
Juice of four lemons
4 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon of sumac
Cracked pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste

TO SERVE

Lemon wedges
Coarsely chopped coriander
Lettuce leaves

HOW TO

Rinse the lentils, then cook in a large pot of boiling salted water for approximately 45 minutes or until al dente.  Meanwhile, put the olive oil, garlic and chilli in a large mixing bowl and stir well. Allow to rest until the lentils are cooked. Thoroughly rinse and drain the lentils, add to olive oil, garlic and chilli, stir well and leave to cool.

Whisk the lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, sumac, sea salt and cracked pepper. Pour the mixture over the lentils. Add the rest of the chopped ingredients, stir well and place in lettuce leaf, sprinkle with coriander and serve with a wedge of lemon and lots of love.

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