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Late Summer Lentil Salad with Cilantro Dressing

August 17, 2018
 

Late Summer Lentil Salad with Cilantro Dressing Recipe | FakeFoodFree.com #healthyeating #healthyrecipes #vegan

 

Late summer. 

I love those words. 

They mean there is light at the end of a tunnel of hot, long days. You see flashes of orange pumpkins and cream colored butternut squash, but you still hold bright, ripe tomatoes in your hand along with crunchy cucumbers and possibly still some sweet corn

Most people might consider the holidays the season of hope. But this. This is my season of hope. I’m hopeful that I just might make it through another hot summer in California’s Central Valley. 

Truth be told, though, my coping mechanism is really to stay on the road a lot. That mission has been successful lately which has meant few blog posts and a need for lighter, wholesome foods upon my return. 

It’s making our epic tomato season come in handy. I kept things simple this year and only planted cherry tomatoes and Early Girl plants, fearing they would all die like previous years. 

Now that they are doing so well, I’m kicking myself that I didn’t plant some rarer heirloom varieties. 

But then something magical happened. 

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Sesame Lentils with Bok Choy

October 28, 2017
Vegetarian Recipe for Sesame Lentils with Bok Choy | FakeFoodFree.com

I always struggle with getting the right consistency for cooked brown lentils. And by right, I mean getting them the way I like them – slightly firm, but tender enough to enjoy. Usually, I get them boiling, get distracted and they are mushy before I realize it.

That’s fine for soups, but I enjoy eating them as more of a stir-fry or a skillet meal. 

So this time around, I watched them like a hawk.

Actually, that’s a lie.

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Lentils with Mustard Greens and Heirloom Tomatoes

August 13, 2017
Lentils with Mustard Greens and Heirloom Tomatoes Recipe | FakeFoodFree.com

I realize that it’s way too early for comfort food, but lately I’ve had the urge to get out my Instant Pot and start making beans and lentils again. 

My favorite thing is a one bowl meal, and now that I actually use a pressure cooker, they’ve gotten easier. 

I don’t post a lot of IP recipes on here because I know everyone doesn’t have one (and I could never be convinced to use a traditional pressure cooker), but this simple lunch turned out so good that I had to share. 

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Black Lentil and Barley Bowl

April 22, 2016

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Black Lentil and Barley Bowl with Roasted Radishes and Arugula | Fake Food Free

Back in February, I attended a workshop with the food styling and food photography greats, Adam Pearson and Matt Armendariz. The course taught me so much about the art of working with food, but what was more unexpected was that it gave me some new inspiration for everyday cooking. 

For one of the shoots, we prepared grain bowls with all kinds of good stuff like whole grains, lentils, nuts and roasted veggies. It was a build your own kind of thing for photographing. We never actually ate them.

I left that weekend thinking — I am so hungry for a grain bowl! 

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Acorn Squash Lentils with Pumpkin Seeds and Cilantro

October 26, 2015

Acorn Squash Lentils with Pumpkin Seeds and Cilantro Recipe | Fake Food Free  
One might look at these photos and say — who sits down to only a bowl of lentils? 

The answer to that question would be me. I have lentils as a meal so often that I’ve run out of new ideas for preparing them.

That pretty well sums up how this recipe came about. The solution to my problem called a curry powder rut. 

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Lentils with Curry Turkey Meatballs and Lemon Spinach

July 8, 2015

In this recipe, slow cooker lentils are topped with turkey meatballs and then brightened with a sprinkle of fresh spinach for an easy one-bowl meal!
Lentils with Curry Turkey Meatballs and Lemon Spinach | Fake Food Free | Slow cooker lentils are combined with turkey meatballs and topped with fresh spinach in this one-bowl meal!

I tend to eat in earth tones. It’s something I didn’t realize until I began photographing my food.

Think about it. The occasional leafy green aside, many healthy foods are pretty much a big bunch of off white, beige and brown.

Lentils, beans, chickpeas, cauliflower, oats, onions, garlic, meats, mushrooms — all pretty much the same boring color. It’s unfair, too, because they can be pretty darn delicious. 

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