I have news. No, I didn’t get a promotion. No, I’m not moving (yet). No, I’m not engaged (hahaaa). Are you ready for this? I got a dishwasher! Found him on craigslist, a portable Whirlpool, and he’s the most beautiful hunk of metal I’ve ever seen. I only wish we had met sooner, because washing dishes by hand has been the bane of my existence over the past year. You can reasonably expect more recipes to come out of my tiny kitchen now that I have his help.

This recipe is our first collaboration. It’s a Greek salad featuring warm farro, chickpeas and crisp, garden-fresh cucumber courtesy of my friend Alissa. The salad is sort of a deconstructed, abstract falafel sandwich (it’s not too far off from last summer’s falafel salad). Whole chickpeas take the place of the falafel, warm whole grain farro replaces the pita, and the herbed yogurt is tzatziki inspired. It’s simple and full of bright flavors,