Barley Medley Salad

Name: Barley Medley Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 1 cup, 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup pearl barley; 2 cups vegetable broth; 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans; 1 1/2 cups frozen peas and carrots; 1 1/2 cups cucumbers (about 1/2 of a large cuc); 3 green onions; 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon rosemary; 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing; salt and pepper

Submitted by Your Gourmet Girlfriend

"This is a nice fresh, healthy, salad. A nice change from green, rice and pasta salads. It's even better the next day."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 1 cup
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 cup pearl barley
2 cups vegetable broth
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans
1 ¹⁄₂ cups frozen peas and carrots
1 ¹⁄₂ cups cucumbers (about 1/2 of a large cuc)
3 green onions
1 - 1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoon rosemary
¹⁄₄ cup Italian salad dressing
salt and pepper

directions

Simmer barley in broth about 40 minutes until most of the water is absorbed.
Let cool
Peel, slice, seed and dice cucumber (so they are about the same size as the garbanzos).
Slice green onions.
Finely chop rosemary.
Toss everything together.
Season with salt and pepper.
Makes about 6 1-cup servings.

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Reviews

This was really good. I left out the cucumbers per personal preference and added about 1/2 cup of Italian dressing because the barley seemed to soak it up fast. Great healthy salad for a buffet with really great colors. Thanks!

Bippie
I made some changes, and it was just Ok for me. Instead of rosemary I substituted basil. I didn't have any veg. broth, so I used beef broth. The garbanzos were crunchy and hurt my teeth. The colors were very appealing to the eye. I really liked your baked beans recipe, however.

Lilkari23