Curried Lentil Salad

I'll be in a state of shock tomorrow because, gasp, I'm returning to a downtown office job on the 60th floor of a skyscraper. I mean, this, after living for 4 1/2 months on a river, is going to be hard. Stifling. Boring. Mind numbing. But it is a job and that, my friends, is what we all need in order to eat, drink and drink some more.

So, I'm busy tonight preparing my meals for lunch over the next two days. I hard boiled some eggs. And I boiled some french lentils and then rinsed them. I chopped up parsley and mint and I quartered a handful of grape tomatoes. I will grate a few carrots and sliver 1/2 a red pepper. I'll toss the ingredients with the curry dressing and then coat with toasted sesame seeds. I'll then wrap a few thin slices of pumperknickel bread and a mutsu apple in a brown paper bag. And then tomorrow, my first day at work, I'll find a nice picnic bench somewhere calm and shady and I'll eat and the rest of the day won't matter a wit.

Curry Vinaigrette

1 garlic clove
2 Tbsp yogurt or mayo
2 tsp curry powder
1 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
5 Tbsp olive or sunflower oil
2 Tbsp cilantro

Blend all the ingredients above and pour over hot lentils

Comments

[Alice]

Good Luck tomorrow. Your lunch sounds great! And I totally agree with how a great lunch can sometimes be the saving grace of a long work day.

[Mats E Flemstrom]

Hmm...mayo on hot lentils in a brown bag; sounds like a recipe for trouble.