Many years ago a vademecum of information for young housewives was "Polish Kitchen". This book contained not only recipes for typical Polish dishes, but also more exotic meals with game, fish and seafood. The authors also inserted recipes for homemade liqueur and herbal medicine, and suggestions on how to decorate your house and look after your home.

The book enjoyed a good reputation and it had many reprints. The last edition focused admittedly on recipes, but it is still worth using it. Every housewife has her own favourite sources of recipes and home advice. This could be newspapers, cookery books or webpages.

For me the most interesting is the Lidl cookery book. I know that the recipes are aimed at promoting their own products, but I like to look up some tasty suggestions anyway. Sometimes I try to accurately recreate them, but other times I treat them only as inspiration.

This time the Lidl cookery book didn't disappoint. I found a recipe for a salad with lentils, pear and feta cheese. At first glance the ingredients don't seem to go together, but the combination surprises us with its interesting flavour. I added to the salad's ingredients some almonds and parsley. In my opinion they enriched its flavour.

Ingredients:
100g of red lentils

400g of vegetable bouillon
1 pear
1 avocado
100g of feta cheese
a fistful of minced almonds
a fistful of minced parsley
dip:
half a lemon
3 tablespoons of olive oil
a pinch of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of honey
salt and pepper

Add the lentils to the boiling bouillon. Boil with the lid on for 5 minutes on a low heat. Turn off the heat and leave with the lid on for 5 more minutes. Remove the lid and leave the lentils to cool down slightly. Stir the ingredients of the dip in a bowl, add them to the lentils and leave in the fridge for one hour. Peel the avocado. Slice the pear and avocado and sprinkle with lemon juice. Roast the almonds in a dry saucepan. Mix the lentils with the pear, avocado, almonds and parsley. Crumble the feta cheese on the top of the salad. Leave in the fridge for half an hour.

Enjoy your meal!