Receta Nate Appleman's Lentil and Egg Stew

Meatless Mondays have been missing from our house. It was not intentional but I had trouble finding recipes that appealed to the palate and to the eyes.  But on one of the daily e-mailings from Healthy-ish, Bon Appetit’s latest venture, I spied this recipe. It looked remarkably good. And I happened to have some French lentils in the pantry.  Then I read who its author was: Nate Appleman.   If the name sounds familiar, you likely remember Chef Appleman from his appearances on “Chopped” and “The Next Iron Chef” on the Food Network. Chef Appleman had a spectacular trajectory winning the James Beard Award as “Rising Star Chef” and Food and Wine’s “Best New Chefs” list in 2009.  He also had one of New York’s greatest crash and burn restaurant…