Anyone else keep seeing this word pop up!? I’ve seen it in Whole Living and on Conan.
Quote Urban Dictionary: “A weird word used by weird teachers to describe their infinite confusion.”
Interrrrresssting.
Perhaps that is me after all?
I took charge of dinner tonight and stumbled upon this:
Leftovers!!!!
Get out every last drop
And sip away
Made preparing this dinner so fun!!
First a pan of 2 medium sweet potatoes got roasted at 400* for 26+10 minutes, after being tossed in some coconut oil, cinnamon, salt and peppa.
Then a pile of green beans and two apples were sauteed in some buttah
Many, many apple cubes went into my mouth
Don’t be shy with that butter! These are two foods that really bring out the flavor
Sip for me, sip for you!
I also dry-roasted some chopped walnuts in a pan
And cooked a pot of green lentils, mixed with some cooked wheatberries
A dressing was made with these
And then some Black Cherry Vinegar from Larbs’s shop
Layer in the cooked items
Drizzle on the dressing
And serve with an option chopped cup of leftover turkey
Sweet Potato + Lentil Salad
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, chopped
- 1 tbsp coconut oil, or olive oil
- Salt + pepper to taste
- 2 cups broth
- 1 cup lentils
- 1 cup cooked wheatberries (optional)
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 cups trimmed green beans
- 2 apples
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 cup chopped chicken or turkey (optional)
Dressing:
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp cranberry mustard, or regular dijon
- 1 tbsp Garlic Gold oil, or olive oil
- 1 tbsp black cherry balsamic, or regular balsamic
- Salt + pepper to taste
Chop potatoes and toss in coconut oil, salt and pepper. Roast at 400* for 35 minutes, or until soft pillows. Meanwhile, cook lentils in broth. Stir in wheatberries near end, if using. Heat large pan and toast chopped walnuts until fragrant. Add 1 tbsp butter and sauté green beans and apples until tender. Toss all ingredients together. Shake dressing into a jar and toss salad. Top with chicken or turkey if desired.
Matt took one bite and said “What IS this!?!?!?” I was pleased. Er, Kerfuffled.
He was also excited to drink some moose drool. Two variations on one of his favorite beers.
Of course I participated. I never turn down a chance to expand my education!
The Hoppin’ Moose made the Moose Drool seem bland! And I don’t love hops.
He took serious notes.
And I admired the fact that I matched the placemats.
Going to do one or all of the following:
- Watch a movie
- Take a bath
- Read
Evenings are fun. And GOSSIP GIRL is on tonight!!
Love that dish and nail color! How was the Chardonnay??
Delish! Love that buttery oak. Don’t hate me world.
I love them oaky too!
I heard you were going to be in Boston! Whatcha doin’ up this way? 🙂
Visiting Larbs + Matt!
Have a great time! I love this city.
And if you’re ever passing by the Fairmont Copley…. 😉 you must stop in and see our dog.
“What is this?”…I hear that a lot from my fiance when I cook vegetables he has not eaten before.
Did cook the lentils in water or did you just cook them in the pan like the picture? I usually soak mine overnight and then cook them in water the following day.
In broth – see above!
Love that picture of the wine drop!
Man, what’s wrong with my eyes!? I look like I have poison ivy!
Need more / less sleep!
Your placemat + nails reminds me of the summer and the beach…but they are both VERY far away :). I’ve been watching a few episodes of Gossip Girl every night–catching up slowly but surely. Weee!
Isn’t it fun!?
That dish looks delicious! Love the color and flavor combination! Enjoy your evening!
You’ve inspired me to pick up the awesome crazy placemats that are always on clearance at Pier 1!
I’m not a fan of hops either. But white wine… is another story. Your dinner looks amaze balls!
Aw, you and Matt make me miss my husband. And he’s only been gone a day.
Love the Carolina blue fingernails! 😉
Nooooo! Never Carolina Blue!!
That dinner looks fantastic!!
Ha! I’ve never heard of that word, but I want to start using it. I’m a teacher, and I often find myself VERY confused! 🙂
Holy lentil salad – that looks amazing Kath! I’m a fan!
So funny that this was your post tonight! I googles KERF today and this popped up on merriam-webster, thought you may be interested! The salad looks DELICIOUS by the way!
kerf |k?rf|
noun
1 a slit made by cutting, esp. with a saw.
2 the cut end of a felled tree.
Hopefully one day it will read: “A food blog written by Kath Younger, RD”
Looks like a good fall meal — I’ve been really into stir-frys together as something relatively low effort.
LOVE your place mats!
I think you are thinking of the word “kerfluffle.”
Love the nail polish!
Interesting. I was just thinking about how I thought “kerfluffle” was a pretty common word and now I see it supposely has Canadian origins so maybe that’s why it is common up in my neck of the woods
Maybe so!?
pretty sure it’s “kerfuffle”! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kerfuffle
Oh jeez! Your salad looks awesome!
I haven’t heard that word but I really like it!
Dinner looks super fantastic!
yes PLEASE, the lentil/sweet potato salad sounds amazing!
Wow I LOVE the recipe!! I love those kitchen sink ideas where you just throw together anything and everything. Who knows what new flavor combinations you might come across!! Delicious.
The texture combo of lentils and wheatberries sounds great. I have a big bag of frozen wheatberries I need to cook up.
Great recipe – thanks for posting!
Haha, I love the picture of you with the bread.
Wow, have people really not heard of that word before? I’ve used kerfuffle since I was a kid 😀 That salad looks amazing! Love how you infuse recipes with coconut 🙂
I am in love with all those tasty flavours you used 🙂
I love the addition of the lentils and wheat berries.
Looks yummy (as usual)! Love the polish!
That dinner looks amazing! I hardly ever have sweet potatoes without maple syrup..so that dressing must have been awesome with all the extra flavors in there.
Looks delicious! I love sweet potatoes and lentils but I never thought about mixing the two!
Wow I’m impressed with that “salad”–I’d call it a meal!! You make boring lentils look not boring at all.
The energy in the post is great, Kath! Could be the wine, could be GG, could be the food, but I want it all 🙂
This looks so yummy! I am totally making this for dinner tomorrow.:)
LOL haven’t heard that word but it’s pretty funny! Great dinner, love all the fresh flavors.
You had me at sweet potato 🙂
I love sweet potatoes, I never thought of mixing them with apples… Good idea!
I haven’t watched Gossip Girl in soooo long! I used to love that show!
what a great recipe!
wow…….I’m a textures girl, so this salad looks just incredible! Love the mix of veg/grains/seasonings!
love,
cathy b. @ brightbakes
Yummy– this salad is SO creative and so scrumptious looking 🙂 Bookmarked this page for future cooking!
A glass of wine always makes cooking an enjoyable experience 🙂 It also helps with writing papers and going skiing, ahaha
I love that word – and would agree with most definitions I found online describing it generally as a “commotion” or a “fuss.” But I think of it, like, as a kind of especially amusing commotion or fuss. Like if you are at a stuffy dinner party and the kitchen starts smoking and the fire alarm goes off and the guests are all in a kerfuffle. 🙂
Love the nailpolish – I have recently started getting manicures because they are only $5 in NYC! I should just do them myself but I am so bad at them.
Inexpensive manicures are one of the joys of NYC. After we moved away, I couldn’t believe how expensive they are everywhere else, and how long they take. I miss them!
that salad looks lovely 🙂
Great dinner creation! As if I were surprised!
I don’t blame you for wanting to take a bite out of that hunk of lovin bread loaf!
This looks fantastic. Will you come to Georgia and make me dinner?! Haha!
That is one decked out salad!
I love the word kerfuffled. My BF used it the other day and I thought he made it up. But it’s legit. I saw it in the NY Times.
I love your salt container! Where did you find it?
Love the nails love the mini spatula love the drooling moose!
This dish looks so delicious!! Great job. I love roasted sweet potato.
Heidi xo
I say kerfuffle all the time!! It’s also used a lot in one of my all-time favorite shows, Little Britain. Here’s a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkTOW7XaN7I. I love it!
HA!!!!
LOVE that show, but only the British version.
Yeah but. No but. Yeah but.
My hub and I say “yeah I know” all the time in the accent of Andy.
Matt Lucas plays the twins on Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. He should be a huge star. Him and Matt Willams are hilarious. Them and The Kids in the Hall really define sketch comedy. Forget SNL!
Oops, I meant David Walliams!
This recipe sounds + looks outstanding!!! Love how bright your photos are 🙂 Favorite photo is the “matt taking notes” photo!!
I’m from Missoula, the hometown of Moose Drool, and I just visited Edna Valley a couple weeks ago! I love how Matt is on a mission to recreate MD!
Dense and delicious salads are my favorite!!
Those placemats are so whimsical!!
Melissa: isn’t that word just SO Little Brittain. Love the show and love the word 😀
Yummy looking dinner 🙂 I love how you said not to shy away from the butter…butter’s the bomb! 😀 Too many people shy away from its goodness (in moderation), haha.
I also made oatmeal with 1/4 cup oats and 1/4 cup oat bran – holey moley, it makes A LOT!!!
Kerfuffle. That is such a fun word to say…haha. 😀
Your dinner looks fabulous! A little bit of butter truly does go a long way in pronouncing the flavors. Love it. 😀
Dinner looks great! I love sweet potatoes 🙂
Hehe I love that word! Also love your pale green nail polish!! 🙂
I LOVE your hair in the first picture – super cute! 🙂
I love how creative you and Matt are in the kitchen! I would never have thought to come up with a meal like that.
I can’t wait until exams are over so that I can catch up on Gossip Girl. I’m so behind this season! 😛
I always awe over how filling, clean and colorful your meals are. Inspiration, I tell ya!
Before you took a picture of your nails I was thinking about how much I loved that color! What’s the color called?
It’s ULTA brand – the only teal they have.
You’re so creative in the kitchen; I love it! Oh, and I loved how you admired your matching abilities while Matt took notes; too cute 🙂
You have a knack for putting together flavor combinations! And your dinners always look SO PRETTY!
Yum! That dinner looks delicious!! I can’t wait to try out the sauce.
Yuuuumm!!! I LOVE Lentils!
Absolutely Deeeelish! I’m for sure trying this!
Loving your blog too by the way 🙂
xox tash
awesome! i live about 2 miles from Edna Valley winery!!! 🙂
Looks amazing! What kind of broth do you use?
Leftover chicken stock from Thanksgiving. Otherwise, Whole Foods Veggie broth
Can Matt recommend a really good homebrew kit for beginners?
This is the way to go:
http://morebeer.com/view_product/15910/103811/Personal_Home_Brewery_%232_-_Deluxe
This is basically what I started with. Note that you’ll still need a big pot (preferably 3gal minimum, but as much as an 8gal turkey fryer), a recipe kit for your first batch, and some bottles. Sounds like a good Christmas gift to me!
Thank you! Yes, it is going to be a Christmas gift. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Ok this is so strange – I have NEVER heard of the word kerfuffled until you posted this, THEN I heard it on Chopped last night! How strange!