Black Lentil Salad with Grape Leaf Baked Goat Cheese

easy sides for a light summer dinner

These recipes have a bit of nostalgia for me. As simple as they may be, they remind me that for as long as I can remember food has been at the center of what inspires me.

The black lentil salad is a variation of a lentil salad I’d make at Tassajara when I was apprenticing in their kitchen years ago. It’s one of those salads that you can’t stop eating. T…