Warm Potato Salad with Lentils, Apple & Almonds

The chef I work with sent me home with a pound of boiled fingerling potatoes that we didn't end up using during service. Yay. I decided to turn it into a potato salad. I don't want this to be too much of a recipe. It's an idea for using up leftover potatoes and I can tell you what I put in it, because it's what I had in my fridge but the options are endless! Let's investigate. 

My potato salad

• 1 lb of fingerlings, chunked, tossed with oil S + P and roasted in the oven 
• 1/3 cup dry lentils, cooked. You want them to have a bite / texture, not mushy
• about a 1/3 of a red onion, minced
• green apple, julienned
• a few radishes, thinly sliced
• a handful of fresh chopped dill
• smaller handful of fresh mint
• a generous sprinkling of toasted almonds & sunflower seeds
• a handful or 2 of baby spinach
• lots of S + P plus my fav, koreal chile powder sprinkled to garnish
• Maple Mustard Vinny (recipe below)

Method

• The first day I served this warm, the potatoes and the lentils were hot, and I heated the dressing to toss it all together. The rest of the veg wasn't heated. I tossed all the ingredients together in a big bowl and dug in. 
• The 2nd day I ate leftovers right out of the Tupperware container because I was starving. It was good cold, and I honestly think it got better after sitting a day. Makes sense. 

Ideas

If I have leftover potatoes and decide to make this dish again it will no doubt be a completely different adventure. So many possibilities. Some delicious thoughts:

French

• Blanched Green beans
• Shallots
• Different Nuts & Seeds
• Dried Cranberries
• fresh tarragon & flat leaf parsley

Tex - Mex

• Corn
• Cilantro
• Red pepper
• Avocado
• Green Onion
• Lime Vinaigrette 
• Pumpkin Seeds

Italian

• tomatoes (fresh or sundried)
• olives
• cucumber
• capers
• arugula
• oregano
• basil
• pepperoncini 
• pine nuts 

Maple Dijon Vinny

1 cup Evoo
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup maple
generous tbsp dijon mustard
S + P
a few cloves of garlic

Blitz it all together with a hand blender or whisk together (mince the garlic if u do it this way, obvi).