By Jules Clancy

A special bonus recipe on Stonesoup this week for a rainy Thursday!

After writing about weekend cooking and 14 quick ideas to save you time during the week, with recipes for versatile lentils, roast beets and balsamic onions, I wanted to share a favourite salad recipe of mine that includes all three kitchen toolbox ingredients.

While this salad is delicious made with everything from scratch, it’s lovely with canned ingredients as well.

A drained can of lentils and some canned beets, or better yet vacuum packed cooked beets, are the way forward when you’re in a hurry.

The onions are totally optional, although you could use a commercial onion jam if you happened to have some lying around.

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