Black lentils add drama to this stunning summer salad

Caviar-like black lentils (also known as beluga lentils for that reason) add drama to juicy grape tomatoes, shallot and herbs. Kohlrabi bulbs or broccoli stems cut into matchsticks deliver pale, crisp contrast, and the resulting salad is dressed in a rich, mustard vinaigrette.

This salad uses lentils and canned salmon for a quick and tasty weeknight meal

When I make this salad, I prefer to use kohlrabi. You’ve probably eyed it at the farmers markets — it’s that vegetable that looks like it could be a plot point in a sci-fi movie, a tough-skinned bulb with long, thin stems that seem to be shooting out from all over it, topped with a head of dark green leaves. (Sometimes the bulbs are sold with the stems and leaves removed.)