Pearl Barley Salad | Recipe | Amie Butler Nutrition

PEARL BARLEY, SWEET POTATO, PEPPER & WALNUT SALAD

This is a salad for all seasons. It can be eaten along side a winter roast chicken or with summer BBQ meats or halloumi. Pearl barley is high in fiber specifically beta-glucan that may help to reduce high cholesterol levels.

INGREDIENTS

200g pearl barley
Juice 1/2 lemon
1 pepper chopped
1 sweet potato
50g walnuts
2 spring onions
2 tbsp chopped parsley
Olive oil
Sea salt and pepper

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 190°C/Gas Mark 5.
Peel and cut the sweet potato into 1.5cm chunks and scatter in a large roasting tin. Drizzle over 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and season well with salt and pepper.
After 20 minutes stir and then add the chopped peppers and add a bit more oil.
Then scatter over the walnuts and cook for another 8–10 minutes.
While the veg are roasting, cook the pearl barley in plenty of well-salted boiling water until tender (approx 20 minutes)
Drain well and mix with the roasted veg, walnuts and any oil from the roasting tin add a squeeze of lemon juice, spring onion and freshly chopped parsley.
Serve with steamed fish or chicken.

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PEARL BARLEY, SWEET POTATO, PEPPER & WALNUT SALAD This is a salad for all seasons. It can be eaten along side a winter roast chicken or with summer BBQ meats or halloumi. Pearl barley is high in fiber specifically beta-glucan that may help to reduce high cholesterol levels.

INGREDIENTS

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200g pearl barley

Juice 1/2 lemon

1 pepper chopped

1 sweet potato

50g walnuts

2 spring onions

2 tbsp chopped parsley

Olive oil

Sea salt and pepper

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METHOD

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Preheat the oven to 190°C/Gas Mark 5.

Peel and cut the sweet potato into 1.5cm chunks and scatter in a large roasting tin. Drizzle over 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and season well with salt and pepper.

After 20 minutes stir and then add the chopped peppers and add a bit more oil.

Then scatter over the walnuts and cook for another 8–10 minutes.

While the veg are roasting, cook the pearl barley in plenty of well-salted boiling water until tender (approx 20 minutes)

Drain well and mix with the roasted veg, walnuts and any oil from the roasting tin add a squeeze of lemon juice, spring onion and freshly chopped parsley.

Serve with steamed fish or chicken.

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PEARL BARLEY, SWEET POTATO, PEPPER & WALNUT SALAD

This is a salad for all seasons. It can be eaten along side a winter roast chicken or with summer BBQ meats or halloumi. Pearl barley is high in fiber specifically beta-glucan that may help to reduce high cholesterol levels.