Purslane cherry salad with lebneh and crispy freekeh crumbs
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I’m on my way to Chicago for no reason at all other than to hang out. How amazing is that?! I wish I could bottle up the feeling right before a trip. You’re running errands, packing, washing clothes, and while normally those are really lame things to do, it’s actually ultra fun when they’re for a vacation vs. normal life. This salad has Memorial Day written all over it. It’s large format or whatever you want to call it. Basically, it’s a big-ass salad for hella ppl. Do you have cherries yet? I feel like LA/California gets produce weeks (sometimes months!) before the rest of the country so it’s hard for me to gauge if this is a useful recipe or totally pointless. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ If this recipe is pointless for you, you can always replace the fresh cherries with dried. It’s still be delicious! Let’s talk about freekeh because it might be the weirdo ingredient in this salad. I actually got the idea to use freekeh from Heidi’s post linking to this write-up. I was super intrigued so I picked some up at the bulk section of my local Whole Foods. I cooked them exactly like I cook quinoa. And …
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