Be a part of the Love & Lemons Cooking Membership! This month, we’re celebrating the launch of our new cookbook with a sneak peek recipe and dwell cook-along.
Okay associates, you probably have but to hitch our month-to-month cooking membership, now’s the time! The April membership might be extra-special as a result of our new cookbook, Love & Lemons Easy Really feel Good Meals, is popping out this month on April 25. As a substitute of creating one thing from the weblog, we’ll be cooking a sneak peek recipe from the e-book, the Lentil Salad with Inexperienced Tahini. You will discover the recipe under!
You may make the salad anytime in April to hitch the membership, however if you wish to prepare dinner together with me, I’ll be making it on IG Stay on Tuesday, April 11, at 4PM CDT. I hope you’ll be able to tune in!
As a fast reminder, right here’s how the cooking membership works: every month, I select a recipe. You make it, and also you electronic mail me a photograph. On the finish of the month, I randomly choose one winner to obtain a present card. This month, we’re giving freely TWO items playing cards! We’ll randomly choose one winner from all of the entries. Then, we’ll have a second drawing for individuals who have pre-ordered Easy Really feel Good Meals! Wish to get in on that second drawing? Simply ship your e-book receipt within the electronic mail along with your photograph submission.
Be a part of the Love & Lemons Cooking Membership
- Make my Lentil Salad with Inexperienced Tahini (recipe under) someday in April.
- Ship an image of it to LoveAndLemonsCookingClub@gmail.com by April 30.
- For an opportunity to win a 2nd present card, pre-order Easy Really feel Good Meals! Embody your receipt along with your photograph entry.
- For a bonus entry, submit your photograph on Instagram, tagging @loveandlemons and #SimpleFeelGoodFood
I hope you’ll be able to be part of me for the IG Stay on Tuesday, April 11, at 4PM CDT too!
The Prize: Two $100 Entire Meals Present Playing cards!
- One winner might be chosen at random from all of the entries.
- A second winner might be chosen at random from entrants who’ve pre-ordered the e-book! (embody your receipt along with your photograph entry)
April’s Recipe: Lentil Salad with Inexperienced Tahini from Easy Really feel Good Meals
The Lentil Salad with Inexperienced Tahini is within the Sturdy Packable Salads chapter of Easy Really feel Good Meals. That’s proper! This e-book has a whole chapter of salads which you can pack for lunch. I really like all of them, however this lentil salad is likely to be my favourite as a result of the flavors are SO shiny and contemporary. I high a lemony mattress of lentils with crisp spring veggies like snap peas, radishes, and cucumbers after which drizzle all of it with a creamy inexperienced tahini sauce that I make with no matter delicate herbs are hiding in my fridge.
This salad is an ideal spring lunch, however it additionally works properly for entertaining. As a substitute of dividing it into meal prep containers, unfold the lentils on a platter and high them with the colourful greens, herbs, and drizzles of the sauce. It will be a beautiful addition to any spring gathering, and bonus: you’ll be able to prep all of the elements prematurely!
Lentil Salad with Inexperienced Tahini
Serves 4 to six
The actually enjoyable factor about this salad is that you just by no means must make the inexperienced tahini dressing the identical manner twice. Strive making it with totally different mixtures of the delicate, leafy herbs listed right here. I’ve but to discover a combine I have never preferred!
- 6 ounces snap peas
- 1 shallot, finely chopped (⅓ cup)
- 3 tablespoons contemporary lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 cups cooked inexperienced lentils
- 2 Persian cucumbers, diced
- 1 watermelon radish, sliced paper skinny, or ½ cup daikon radish slices
- Recent mint leaves, for garnish
- Freshly floor black pepper
Inexperienced Tahini
- 1½ cups contemporary parsley or cilantro
- ½ cup tahini
- ¼ cup contemporary lemon juice
- ¼ cup contemporary tarragon, chives, dill, or mint
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon honey or maple syrup
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 4 to six tablespoons water, plus extra as wanted
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Carry a big pot of salted water to a boil and set a bowl of ice water close by. Drop the snap peas into the boiling water and blanch for 1 to 2 minutes, or till tender however nonetheless shiny inexperienced. Use a slotted spoon to scoop the snap peas out of the boiling water and into the ice water. Chill for 1 minute, then drain and switch to a kitchen towel to dry. Chop into 1-inch items and put aside.
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In a big bowl, whisk collectively the shallot, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and several other grinds of pepper. Add the lentils and toss to coat. Switch to a serving platter or meal prep containers and high with the snap peas, cucumbers, and radish slices.
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Make the inexperienced tahini: In a meals processor, place the parsley, tahini, lemon juice, tarragon, olive oil, honey, garlic, salt, and 4 tablespoons of the water. Course of till easy. If the sauce is just too thick, skinny with extra water to achieve a drizzleable consistency.
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If you’re able to serve the salad, drizzle with the inexperienced tahini and garnish with mint leaves.
Enter the April Problem
Wish to enter? Right here’s what you should do:
- Make my Lentil Salad with Inexperienced Tahini (recipe above) someday in April.
- Ship an image of it to LoveAndLemonsCookingClub@gmail.com by April 30.
- For an opportunity to win a 2nd present card, pre-order Easy Really feel Good Meals! Embody your receipt along with your photograph entry.
- For a bonus entry, submit your photograph on Instagram, tagging @loveandlemons and #SimpleFeelGoodFood
- Join our electronic mail listing to seek out out about subsequent month’s recipe!
I’ll randomly choose the winners and share all of your pictures in early Could.
Final Month’s Recipe
Final month’s recipe was my shakshuka. A few of you made it the normal manner, with eggs, whereas others swapped in chickpeas and tahini sauce for a vegan model. I really like this recipe each methods, and it looks like you probably did too! I’m so glad it was successful. Listed here are all of your pictures:
And Sara was our winner!
To Recap
Enter the April Cooking Membership Problem!
- Make my Lentil Salad with Inexperienced Tahini (recipe above) someday in April.
- Ship an image of it to LoveAndLemonsCookingClub@gmail.com by April 30.
- For an opportunity to win a 2nd present card, pre-order Easy Really feel Good Meals! Embody your receipt along with your photograph entry.
- For bonus entry, submit your photograph on Instagram, tagging @loveandlemons and #SimpleFeelGoodFood
And if you wish to prepare dinner together with me, tune in for the IG Stay on Tuesday, April 11, at 4PM CDT!
Completely happy cooking!
