As a defiant response to Sad Desk Lunches, the Food52 team works to keep our midday meals both interesting and pretty. Each week, we'll be sharing our happiest desk lunches -- and we want to see yours, too.
Today: Food52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore relies on a pot of grains to lay the groundwork for a week of breezy lunches.
Whenever I don't know what to do with myself, I boil a pot of farro. (Or another grain, or beans, or lentils.) Those weeks, there's very little to stand between me and salads like this for breezy weekday lunches.
More: Turn a pot of quinoa into a week's worth of dinners.
The rest is just garnishes: some delicate but feisty mustard greens; thinly sliced fennel, radishes, and baby white turnips; lemon, olive oil, salt, and lots of pepper. Put it all together at home or keep everything separate -- a salad like this won't care either way.
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